Method and apparatus for performing positioning based on congestion control in nr v2x

ABSTRACT

Provided are a method for performing wireless communication by a first device, and an apparatus for supporting same. The method may comprise: obtaining information related to a resource pool; measuring sidelink (SL) received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for subchannels in the resource pool over a channel busy ratio (CBR) measurement window; obtaining SL CBR based on the measurement, wherein the SL CBR is a portion of subchannels whose SL RSSI measured by the first device exceeds a threshold among the subchannels in the resource pool; determining a parameter related to SL positioning based on the SL CBR; and transmitting a SL positioning reference signal (PRS) based on the parameter related to the SL positioning.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 119(e), this application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/315,489, filed on Mar. 1, 2022, the contents of which are all hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This disclosure relates to a wireless communication system.

BACKGROUND

Sidelink (SL) communication is a communication scheme in which a direct link is established between User Equipments (UEs) and the UEs exchange voice and data directly with each other without intervention of a base station. SL communication is under consideration as a solution to the overhead of the base station caused by rapidly increasing data traffic. Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) refers to a communication technology through which a vehicle exchanges information with another vehicle, a pedestrian, an object having an infrastructure (or infra) established therein, and so on. The V2X may be divided into 4 types, such as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), vehicle-to-network (V2N), and vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P). The V2X communication may be provided via a PC5 interface and/or Uu interface.

Meanwhile, as a wider range of communication devices require larger communication capacities, the need for mobile broadband communication that is more enhanced than the existing Radio Access Technology (RAT) is rising. Accordingly, discussions are made on services and user equipment (UE) that are sensitive to reliability and latency. And, a next generation radio access technology that is based on the enhanced mobile broadband communication, massive Machine Type Communication (MTC), Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communication (URLLC), and so on, may be referred to as a new radio access technology (RAT) or new radio (NR). Herein, the NR may also support vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication.

SUMMARY

Meanwhile, in the existing Uu link-based positioning, since the base station controls a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) transmission process of the UE, a channel congestion control operation is not required. In addition, the existing channel congestion control method is applied to SL communication. Therefore, a channel congestion control process for SL positioning needs to be defined.

In one embodiment, provided is a method for performing wireless communication by a first device. The method may comprise: obtaining information related to a resource pool; measuring sidelink (SL) received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for subchannels in the resource pool over a channel busy ratio (CBR) measurement window; obtaining SL CBR based on the measurement, wherein the SL CBR is a portion of subchannels whose SL RSSI measured by the first device exceeds a threshold among the subchannels in the resource pool; determining a parameter related to SL positioning based on the SL CBR; and transmitting a SL positioning reference signal (PRS) based on the parameter related to the SL positioning.

In one embodiment, provided is a first device adapted to perform wireless communication. The first device may comprise: one or more memories storing instructions; one or more transceivers; and one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers. The one or more processors may execute the instructions to: obtain information related to a resource pool; measure sidelink (SL) received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for subchannels in the resource pool over a channel busy ratio (CBR) measurement window; obtain SL CBR based on the measurement, wherein the SL CBR is a portion of subchannels whose SL RSSI measured by the first device exceeds a threshold among the subchannels in the resource pool; determine a parameter related to SL positioning based on the SL CBR; and control the one or more transceivers to transmit a SL positioning reference signal (PRS) based on the parameter related to the SL positioning.

In one embodiment, provided is a processing device adapted to control a first device. The processing device may comprise: one or more processors; and one or more memories operably connected to the one or more processors and storing instructions. The one or more processors may execute the instructions to: obtain information related to a resource pool; measure sidelink (SL) received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for subchannels in the resource pool over a channel busy ratio (CBR) measurement window; obtain SL CBR based on the measurement, wherein the SL CBR is a portion of subchannels whose SL RSSI measured by the first device exceeds a threshold among the subchannels in the resource pool; determine a parameter related to SL positioning based on the SL CBR; and transmit a SL positioning reference signal (PRS) based on the parameter related to the SL positioning.

The accuracy of positioning can be guaranteed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a structure of an NR system, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 shows a radio protocol architecture, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 shows a structure of a radio frame of an NR, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 shows a structure of a slot of an NR frame, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a BWP, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 shows a procedure of performing V2X or SL communication by a UE based on a transmission mode, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 shows three cast types, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 shows a resource unit for CBR measurement based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 9 shows an example of an architecture of a 5G system capable of positioning a UE having access to a next generation-radio access network (NG-RAN) or an E-UTRAN based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 10 shows an example of implementing a network for measuring a location of a UE based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 11 shows an example of a protocol layer used to support LTE positioning protocol (LPP) message transmission between an LMF and a UE based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 12 shows an example of a protocol layer used to support NR positioning protocol A (NRPPa) PDU transmission between an LMF and an NG-RAN node based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 13 is a drawing for explaining an OTDOA positioning method based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 14 shows a procedure for performing positioning by adjusting positioning-related parameters based on congestion control, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 15 shows a method for performing wireless communication by a first device, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 16 shows a method for performing wireless communication by a second device, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 17 shows a communication system 1, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 18 shows wireless devices, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 19 shows a signal process circuit for a transmission signal, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 20 shows another example of a wireless device, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 21 shows a hand-held device, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 22 shows a vehicle or an autonomous vehicle, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In the present disclosure, “A or B” may mean “only A”, “only B” or “both A and B.” In other words, in the present disclosure, “A or B” may be interpreted as “A and/or B”. For example, in the present disclosure, “A, B, or C” may mean “only A”, “only B”, “only C”, or “any combination of A, B, C”.

A slash (/) or comma used in the present disclosure may mean “and/or”. For example, “A/B” may mean “A and/or B”. Accordingly, “A/B” may mean “only A”, “only B”, or “both A and B”. For example, “A, B, C” may mean “A, B, or C”.

In the present disclosure, “at least one of A and B” may mean “only A”, “only B”, or “both A and B”. In addition, in the present disclosure, the expression “at least one of A or B” or “at least one of A and/or B” may be interpreted as “at least one of A and B”.

In addition, in the present disclosure, “at least one of A, B, and C” may mean “only A”, “only B”, “only C”, or “any combination of A, B, and C”. In addition, “at least one of A, B, or C” or “at least one of A, B, and/or C” may mean “at least one of A, B, and C”.

In addition, a parenthesis used in the present disclosure may mean “for example”. Specifically, when indicated as “control information (PDCCH)”, it may mean that “PDCCH” is proposed as an example of the “control information”. In other words, the “control information” of the present disclosure is not limited to “PDCCH”, and “PDCCH” may be proposed as an example of the “control information”. In addition, when indicated as “control information (i.e., PDCCH)”, it may also mean that “PDCCH” is proposed as an example of the “control information”.

In the following description, ‘when, if, or in case of’ may be replaced with ‘based on’.

A technical feature described individually in one figure in the present disclosure may be individually implemented, or may be simultaneously implemented.

In the present disclosure, a higher layer parameter may be a parameter which is configured, pre-configured or pre-defined for a UE. For example, a base station or a network may transmit the higher layer parameter to the UE. For example, the higher layer parameter may be transmitted through radio resource control (RRC) signaling or medium access control (MAC) signaling.

The technology described below may be used in various wireless communication systems such as code division multiple access (CDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA), and so on. The CDMA may be implemented with a radio technology, such as universal terrestrial radio access (UTRA) or CDMA-2000. The TDMA may be implemented with a radio technology, such as global system for mobile communications (GSM)/general packet ratio service (GPRS)/enhanced data rate for GSM evolution (EDGE). The OFDMA may be implemented with a radio technology, such as institute of electrical and electronics engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), and so on. IEEE 802.16m is an evolved version of IEEE 802.16e and provides backward compatibility with a system based on the IEEE 802.16e. The UTRA is part of a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS). 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) is part of an evolved UMTS (E-UMTS) using the E-UTRA. The 3GPP LTE uses the OFDMA in a downlink and uses the SC-FDMA in an uplink. LTE-advanced (LTE-A) is an evolution of the LTE.

5G NR is a successive technology of LTE-A corresponding to a new Clean-slate type mobile communication system having the characteristics of high performance, low latency, high availability, and so on. 5G NR may use resources of all spectrum available for usage including low frequency bands of less than 1 GHz, middle frequency bands ranging from 1 GHz to 10 GHz, high frequency (millimeter waves) of 24 GHz or more, and so on.

For clarity in the description, the following description will mostly focus on LTE-A or 5G NR. However, technical features according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will not be limited only to this.

FIG. 1 shows a structure of an NR system, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 1 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a next generation-radio access network (NG-RAN) may include a BS 20 providing a UE 10 with a user plane and control plane protocol termination. For example, the BS 20 may include a next generation-Node B (gNB) and/or an evolved-NodeB (eNB). For example, the UE 10 may be fixed or mobile and may be referred to as other terms, such as a mobile station (MS), a user terminal (UT), a subscriber station (SS), a mobile terminal (MT), wireless device, and so on. For example, the BS may be referred to as a fixed station which communicates with the UE 10 and may be referred to as other terms, such as a base transceiver system (BTS), an access point (AP), and so on.

The embodiment of FIG. 1 exemplifies a case where only the gNB is included. The BSs 20 may be connected to one another via Xn interface. The BS 20 may be connected to one another via 5th generation (5G) core network (5GC) and NG interface. More specifically, the BSs 20 may be connected to an access and mobility management function (AMF) 30 via NG-C interface, and may be connected to a user plane function (UPF) 30 via NG-U interface.

Layers of a radio interface protocol between the UE and the network can be classified into a first layer (layer 1, L1), a second layer (layer 2, L2), and a third layer (layer 3, L3) based on the lower three layers of the open system interconnection (OSI) model that is well-known in the communication system. Among them, a physical (PHY) layer belonging to the first layer provides an information transfer service by using a physical channel, and a radio resource control (RRC) layer belonging to the third layer serves to control a radio resource between the UE and the network. For this, the RRC layer exchanges an RRC message between the UE and the BS.

FIG. 2 shows a radio protocol architecture, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 2 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure. Specifically, (a) of FIG. 2 shows a radio protocol stack of a user plane for Uu communication, and (b) of FIG. 2 shows a radio protocol stack of a control plane for Uu communication. (c) of FIG. 2 shows a radio protocol stack of a user plane for SL communication, and (d) of FIG. 2 shows a radio protocol stack of a control plane for SL communication.

Referring to FIG. 2 , a physical layer provides an upper layer with an information transfer service through a physical channel. The physical layer is connected to a medium access control (MAC) layer which is an upper layer of the physical layer through a transport channel. Data is transferred between the MAC layer and the physical layer through the transport channel. The transport channel is classified according to how and with what characteristics data is transmitted through a radio interface.

Between different physical layers, i.e., a physical layer of a transmitter and a physical layer of a receiver, data are transferred through the physical channel. The physical channel is modulated using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, and utilizes time and frequency as a radio resource.

The MAC layer provides services to a radio link control (RLC) layer, which is a higher layer of the MAC layer, via a logical channel. The MAC layer provides a function of mapping multiple logical channels to multiple transport channels. The MAC layer also provides a function of logical channel multiplexing by mapping multiple logical channels to a single transport channel. The MAC layer provides data transfer services over logical channels.

The RLC layer performs concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of Radio Link Control Service Data Unit (RLC SDU). In order to ensure diverse quality of service (QoS) required by a radio bearer (RB), the RLC layer provides three types of operation modes, i.e., a transparent mode (TM), an unacknowledged mode (UM), and an acknowledged mode (AM). An AM RLC provides error correction through an automatic repeat request (ARQ).

A radio resource control (RRC) layer is defined only in the control plane. The RRC layer serves to control the logical channel, the transport channel, and the physical channel in association with configuration, reconfiguration and release of RBs. The RB is a logical path provided by the first layer (i.e., the physical layer or the PHY layer) and the second layer (i.e., a MAC layer, an RLC layer, a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, and a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer) for data delivery between the UE and the network.

Functions of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer in the user plane include user data delivery, header compression, and ciphering. Functions of a PDCP layer in the control plane include control-plane data delivery and ciphering/integrity protection.

A service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer is defined only in a user plane. The SDAP layer performs mapping between a Quality of Service (QoS) flow and a data radio bearer (DRB) and QoS flow ID (QFI) marking in both DL and UL packets.

The configuration of the RB implies a process for specifying a radio protocol layer and channel properties to provide a particular service and for determining respective detailed parameters and operations. The RB can be classified into two types, i.e., a signaling RB (SRB) and a data RB (DRB). The SRB is used as a path for transmitting an RRC message in the control plane. The DRB is used as a path for transmitting user data in the user plane.

When an RRC connection is established between an RRC layer of the UE and an RRC layer of the E-UTRAN, the UE is in an RRC CONNECTED state, and, otherwise, the UE may be in an RRC IDLE state. In case of the NR, an RRC INACTIVE state is additionally defined, and a UE being in the RRC INACTIVE state may maintain its connection with a core network whereas its connection with the BS is released.

Data is transmitted from the network to the UE through a downlink transport channel. Examples of the downlink transport channel include a broadcast channel (BCH) for transmitting system information and a downlink-shared channel (SCH) for transmitting user traffic or control messages. Traffic of downlink multicast or broadcast services or the control messages can be transmitted on the downlink-SCH or an additional downlink multicast channel (MCH). Data is transmitted from the UE to the network through an uplink transport channel. Examples of the uplink transport channel include a random access channel (RACH) for transmitting an initial control message and an uplink SCH for transmitting user traffic or control messages.

Examples of logical channels belonging to a higher channel of the transport channel and mapped onto the transport channels include a broadcast channel (BCCH), a paging control channel (PCCH), a common control channel (CCCH), a multicast control channel (MCCH), a multicast traffic channel (MTCH), etc.

FIG. 3 shows a structure of a radio frame of an NR, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 3 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 3 , in the NR, a radio frame may be used for performing uplink and downlink transmission. A radio frame has a length of 10 ms and may be defined to be configured of two half-frames (HFs). A half-frame may include five 1 ms subframes (SFs). A subframe (SF) may be divided into one or more slots, and the number of slots within a subframe may be determined based on subcarrier spacing (SCS). Each slot may include 12 or 14 OFDM(A) symbols according to a cyclic prefix (CP).

In case of using a normal CP, each slot may include 14 symbols. In case of using an extended CP, each slot may include 12 symbols. Herein, a symbol may include an OFDM symbol (or CP-OFDM symbol) and a Single Carrier-FDMA (SC-FDMA) symbol (or Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) symbol).

Table 1 shown below represents an example of a number of symbols per slot (N^(slot) _(symb)), a number slots per frame (N^(frame,u) _(slot)), and a number of slots per subframe (N^(subframe,u) _(slot)) based on an SCS configuration (u), in a case where a normal CP is used.

TABLE 1 SCS (15*2^(u)) N^(slot) _(symb) N^(frame, u) _(slot) N^(subframe, u) _(slot) 15 KHz (u = 0) 14 10 1 30 KHz (u = 1) 14 20 2 60 KHz (u = 2) 14 40 4 120 KHz (u = 3)  14 80 8 240 KHz (u = 4)  14 160 16

Table 2 shows an example of a number of symbols per slot, a number of slots per frame, and a number of slots per subframe based on the SCS, in a case where an extended CP is used.

TABLE 2 SCS (15*2^(u)) N^(slot) _(symb) N^(frame, u) _(slot) N^(subframe, u) _(slot) 60 KHz (u = 2) 12 40 4 -

In an NR system, OFDM(A) numerologies (e.g., SCS, CP length, and so on) between multiple cells being integrate to one UE may be differently configured. Accordingly, a (absolute time) duration (or section) of a time resource (e.g., subframe, slot or TTI) (collectively referred to as a time unit (TU) for simplicity) being configured of the same number of symbols may be differently configured in the integrated cells.

In the NR, multiple numerologies or SCSs for supporting diverse 5G services may be supported. For example, in case an SCS is 15 kHz, a wide area of the conventional cellular bands may be supported, and, in case an SCS is 30 kHz/60 kHz a dense-urban, lower latency, wider carrier bandwidth may be supported. In case the SCS is 60 kHz or higher, a bandwidth that is greater than 24.25 GHz may be used in order to overcome phase noise.

An NR frequency band may be defined as two different types of frequency ranges. The two different types of frequency ranges may be FR1 and FR2. The values of the frequency ranges may be changed (or varied), and, for example, the two different types of frequency ranges may be as shown below in Table 3. Among the frequency ranges that are used in an NR system, FR1 may mean a “sub 6 GHz range”, and FR2 may mean an “above 6 GHz range” and may also be referred to as a millimeter wave (mmW).

TABLE 3 Frequency Range Corresponding frequency Subcarrier Spacing designation range (SCS) FR1  450 MHz-6000 MHz  15, 30, 60 kHz FR2 24250 MHz-52600 MHz 60, 120, 240 kHz

As described above, the values of the frequency ranges in the NR system may be changed (or varied). For example, as shown below in Table 4, FR1 may include a band within a range of 410 MHz to 7125 MHz. More specifically, FR1 may include a frequency band of 6 GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, and so on) and higher. For example, a frequency band of 6 GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, and so on) and higher being included in FR1 mat include an unlicensed band. The unlicensed band may be used for diverse purposes, e.g., the unlicensed band for vehicle-specific communication (e.g., automated driving).

TABLE 4 Frequency Range Corresponding frequency Subcarrier Spacing designation range (SCS) FR1  410 MHz-7125 MHz  15, 30, 60 kHz FR2 24250 MHz-52600 MHz 60, 120, 240 kHz

FIG. 4 shows a structure of a slot of an NR frame, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 4 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 4 , a slot includes a plurality of symbols in a time domain. For example, in case of a normal CP, one slot may include 14 symbols. However, in case of an extended CP, one slot may include 12 symbols. Alternatively, in case of a normal CP, one slot may include 7 symbols. However, in case of an extended CP, one slot may include 6 symbols.

A carrier includes a plurality of subcarriers in a frequency domain. A Resource Block (RB) may be defined as a plurality of consecutive subcarriers (e.g., 12 subcarriers) in the frequency domain. A Bandwidth Part (BWP) may be defined as a plurality of consecutive (Physical) Resource Blocks ((P)RBs) in the frequency domain, and the BWP may correspond to one numerology (e.g., SCS, CP length, and so on). A carrier may include a maximum of N number BWPs (e.g., 5 BWPs). Data communication may be performed via an activated BWP. Each element may be referred to as a Resource Element (RE) within a resource grid and one complex symbol may be mapped to each element.

Hereinafter, a bandwidth part (BWP) and a carrier will be described.

The BWP may be a set of consecutive physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a given numerology. The PRB may be selected from consecutive sub-sets of common resource blocks (CRBs) for the given numerology on a given carrier.

For example, the BWP may be at least any one of an active BWP, an initial BWP, and/or a default BWP. For example, the UE may not monitor downlink radio link quality in a DL BWP other than an active DL BWP on a primary cell (PCell). For example, the UE may not receive PDCCH, physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), or channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) (excluding RRM) outside the active DL BWP. For example, the UE may not trigger a channel state information (CSI) report for the inactive DL BWP. For example, the UE may not transmit physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) outside an active UL BWP. For example, in a downlink case, the initial BWP may be given as a consecutive RB set for a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) control resource set (CORESET) (configured by physical broadcast channel (PBCH)). For example, in an uplink case, the initial BWP may be given by system information block (SIB) for a random access procedure. For example, the default BWP may be configured by a higher layer. For example, an initial value of the default BWP may be an initial DL BWP. For energy saving, if the UE fails to detect downlink control information (DCI) during a specific period, the UE may switch the active BWP of the UE to the default BWP.

Meanwhile, the BWP may be defined for SL. The same SL BWP may be used in transmission and reception. For example, a transmitting UE may transmit a SL channel or a SL signal on a specific BWP, and a receiving UE may receive the SL channel or the SL signal on the specific BWP. In a licensed carrier, the SL BWP may be defined separately from a Uu BWP, and the SL BWP may have configuration signaling separate from the Uu BWP. For example, the UE may receive a configuration for the SL BWP from the BS/network. For example, the UE may receive a configuration for the Uu BWP from the BS/network. The SL BWP may be (pre-)configured in a carrier with respect to an out-of-coverage NR V2X UE and an RRC IDLE UE. For the UE in the RRC CONNECTED mode, at least one SL BWP may be activated in the carrier.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a BWP, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 5 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure. It is assumed in the embodiment of FIG. 5 that the number of BWPs is 3.

Referring to FIG. 5 , a common resource block (CRB) may be a carrier resource block numbered from one end of a carrier band to the other end thereof. In addition, the PRB may be a resource block numbered within each BWP. A point A may indicate a common reference point for a resource block grid.

The BWP may be configured by a point A, an offset N^(start) _(BWP) from the point A, and a bandwidth N^(size) _(BWP). For example, the point A may be an external reference point of a PRB of a carrier in which a subcarrier 0 of all numerologies (e.g., all numerologies supported by a network on that carrier) is aligned. For example, the offset may be a PRB interval between a lowest subcarrier and the point A in a given numerology. For example, the bandwidth may be the number of PRBs in the given numerology.

Hereinafter, V2X or SL communication will be described.

A sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) may include a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS) and a secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS), as a SL-specific sequence. The PSSS may be referred to as a sidelink primary synchronization signal (S-PSS), and the SSSS may be referred to as a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (S-SSS). For example, length-127 M-sequences may be used for the S-PSS, and length-127 gold sequences may be used for the S-SSS. For example, a UE may use the S-PSS for initial signal detection and for synchronization acquisition. For example, the UE may use the S-PSS and the S-SSS for acquisition of detailed synchronization and for detection of a synchronization signal ID.

A physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) may be a (broadcast) channel for transmitting default (system) information which must be first known by the UE before SL signal transmission/reception. For example, the default information may be information related to SLSS, a duplex mode (DM), a time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) configuration, information related to a resource pool, a type of an application related to the SLSS, a subframe offset, broadcast information, or the like. For example, for evaluation of PSBCH performance, in NR V2X, a payload size of the PSBCH may be 56 bits including 24-bit cyclic redundancy check (CRC).

The S-PSS, the S-SSS, and the PSBCH may be included in a block format (e.g., SL synchronization signal (SS)/PSBCH block, hereinafter, sidelink-synchronization signal block (S-SSB)) supporting periodical transmission. The S-SSB may have the same numerology (i.e., SCS and CP length) as a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH)/physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) in a carrier, and a transmission bandwidth may exist within a (pre-)configured sidelink (SL) BWP. For example, the S-SSB may have a bandwidth of 11 resource blocks (RBs). For example, the PSBCH may exist across 11 RBs. In addition, a frequency position of the S-SSB may be (pre-)configured. Accordingly, the UE does not have to perform hypothesis detection at frequency to discover the S-SSB in the carrier.

FIG. 6 shows a procedure of performing V2X or SL communication by a UE based on a transmission mode, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 6 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure. In various embodiments of the present disclosure, the transmission mode may be called a mode or a resource allocation mode. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, in LTE, the transmission mode may be called an LTE transmission mode. In NR, the transmission mode may be called an NR resource allocation mode.

For example, (a) of FIG. 6 shows a UE operation related to an LTE transmission mode 1 or an LTE transmission mode 3. Alternatively, for example, (a) of FIG. 6 shows a UE operation related to an NR resource allocation mode 1. For example, the LTE transmission mode 1 may be applied to general SL communication, and the LTE transmission mode 3 may be applied to V2X communication.

For example, (b) of FIG. 6 shows a UE operation related to an LTE transmission mode 2 or an LTE transmission mode 4. Alternatively, for example, (b) of FIG. 6 shows a UE operation related to an NR resource allocation mode 2.

Referring to (a) of FIG. 6 , in the LTE transmission mode 1, the LTE transmission mode 3, or the NR resource allocation mode 1, a base station may schedule SL resource(s) to be used by a UE for SL transmission. For example, in step S600, a base station may transmit information related to SL resource(s) and/or information related to UL resource(s) to a first UE. For example, the UL resource(s) may include PUCCH resource(s) and/or PUSCH resource(s). For example, the UL resource(s) may be resource(s) for reporting SL HARQ feedback to the base station.

For example, the first UE may receive information related to dynamic grant (DG) resource(s) and/or information related to configured grant (CG) resource(s) from the base station. For example, the CG resource(s) may include CG type 1 resource(s) or CG type 2 resource(s). In the present disclosure, the DG resource(s) may be resource(s) configured/allocated by the base station to the first UE through a downlink control information (DCI). In the present disclosure, the CG resource(s) may be (periodic) resource(s) configured/allocated by the base station to the first UE through a DCI and/or an RRC message. For example, in the case of the CG type 1 resource(s), the base station may transmit an RRC message including information related to CG resource(s) to the first UE. For example, in the case of the CG type 2 resource(s), the base station may transmit an RRC message including information related to CG resource(s) to the first UE, and the base station may transmit a DCI related to activation or release of the CG resource(s) to the first UE.

In step S610, the first UE may transmit a PSCCH (e.g., sidelink control information (SCI) or 1st-stage SCI) to a second UE based on the resource scheduling. In step S620, the first UE may transmit a PSSCH (e.g., 2nd-stage SCI, MAC PDU, data, etc.) related to the PSCCH to the second UE. In step S630, the first UE may receive a PSFCH related to the PSCCH/PSSCH from the second UE. For example, HARQ feedback information (e.g., NACK information or ACK information) may be received from the second UE through the PSFCH. In step S640, the first UE may transmit/report HARQ feedback information to the base station through the PUCCH or the PUSCH. For example, the HARQ feedback information reported to the base station may be information generated by the first UE based on the HARQ feedback information received from the second UE. For example, the HARQ feedback information reported to the base station may be information generated by the first UE based on a pre-configured rule. For example, the DCI may be a DCI for SL scheduling. For example, a format of the DCI may be a DCI format 3_0 or a DCI format 3_1.

Hereinafter, an example of DCI format 3_0 will be described.

DCI format 3_0 is used for scheduling of NR PSCCH and NR PSSCH in one cell.

The following information is transmitted by means of the DCI format 3_0 with CRC scrambled by SL-RNTI or SL-CS-RNTI:

-   -   Resource pool index—ceiling (log₂ I) bits, where I is the number         of resource pools for transmission configured by the higher         layer parameter sl-TxPoolScheduling.     -   Time gap—3 bits determined by higher layer parameter         sl-DCI-ToSL-Trans     -   HARQ process number—4 bits     -   New data indicator—1 bit     -   Lowest index of the subchannel allocation to the initial         transmission—ceiling (log₂(N^(SL) _(subChannel))) bits     -   SCI format 1-A fields: frequency resource assignment, time         resource assignment         -   PSFCH-to-HARQ feedback timing indicator—ceiling (log₂             N_(fb_timing)) bits, where N_(fb_timing) is the number of             entries in the higher layer parameter sl-PSFCH-ToPUCCH.         -   PUCCH resource indicator—3 bits         -   Configuration index—0 bit if the UE is not configured to             monitor DCI format 3_0 with CRC scrambled by SL-CS-RNTI;             otherwise 3 bits. If the UE is configured to monitor DCI             format 3_0 with CRC scrambled by SL-CS-RNTI, this field is             reserved for DCI format 3_0 with CRC scrambled by SL-RNTI.         -   Counter sidelink assignment index—2 bits, 2 bits if the UE             is configured with pdsch-HARQ-ACK-Codebook=dynamic, 2 bits             if the UE is configured with             pdsch-HARQ-ACK-Codebook=semi-static         -   Padding bits, if required

Referring to (b) of FIG. 6 , in the LTE transmission mode 2, the LTE transmission mode 4, or the NR resource allocation mode 2, a UE may determine SL transmission resource(s) within SL resource(s) configured by a base station/network or pre-configured SL resource(s). For example, the configured SL resource(s) or the pre-configured SL resource(s) may be a resource pool. For example, the UE may autonomously select or schedule resource(s) for SL transmission. For example, the UE may perform SL communication by autonomously selecting resource(s) within the configured resource pool. For example, the UE may autonomously select resource(s) within a selection window by performing a sensing procedure and a resource (re)selection procedure. For example, the sensing may be performed in a unit of subchannel(s). For example, in step S610, a first UE which has selected resource(s) from a resource pool by itself may transmit a PSCCH (e.g., sidelink control information (SCI) or 1st-stage SCI) to a second UE by using the resource(s). In step S620, the first UE may transmit a PSSCH (e.g., 2nd-stage SCI, MAC PDU, data, etc.) related to the PSCCH to the second UE. In step S630, the first UE may receive a PSFCH related to the PSCCH/PSSCH from the second UE.

Referring to (a) or (b) of FIG. 6 , for example, the first UE may transmit a SCI to the second UE through the PSCCH. Alternatively, for example, the first UE may transmit two consecutive SCIs (e.g., 2-stage SCI) to the second UE through the PSCCH and/or the PSSCH. In this case, the second UE may decode two consecutive SCIs (e.g., 2-stage SCI) to receive the PSSCH from the first UE. In the present disclosure, a SCI transmitted through a PSCCH may be referred to as a 1^(st) SCI, a first SCI, a 1^(st)-stage SCI or a 1^(st)-stage SCI format, and a SCI transmitted through a PSSCH may be referred to as a 2^(nd) SCI, a second SCI, a 2^(nd)-stage SCI or a 2^(nd)-stage SCI format. For example, the 1^(st)-stage SCI format may include a SCI format 1-A, and the 2^(nd)-stage SCI format may include a SCI format 2-A and/or a SCI format 2-B.

Hereinafter, an example of SCI format 1-A will be described.

SCI format 1-A is used for the scheduling of PSSCH and 2^(nd)-stage-SCI on PSSCH.

The following information is transmitted by means of the SCI format 1-A:

-   -   Priority—3 bits     -   Frequency resource assignment—ceiling         (log₂(N^(SL) _(subChannel)(N^(SL) _(subChannel)+1)/2)) bits when         the value of the higher layer parameter sl-MaxNumPerReserve is         configured to 2; otherwise ceiling         log₂(N^(SL) _(subChannel)(N^(SL) _(subChannel)+1)(2N^(SL)         _(subChannel)+1)/6) bits when the value of the higher layer         parameter sl-MaxNumPerReserve is configured to 3     -   Time resource assignment—5 bits when the value of the higher         layer parameter sl-MaxNumPerReserve is configured to 2;         otherwise 9 bits when the value of the higher layer parameter         sl-MaxNumPerReserve is configured to 3     -   Resource reservation period—ceiling (log₂ N_(rsv_period)) bits,         where N_(rsv_period) is the number of entries in the higher         layer parameter sl-ResourceReservePeriodList, if higher layer         parameter sl-MultiReserveResource is configured; 0 bit otherwise     -   DMRS pattern—ceiling (log₂ N_(pattern)) bits, where N_(pattern)         is the number of DMRS patterns configured by higher layer         parameter sl-PSSCH-DMRS-TimePatternList     -   2^(nd)-stage SCI format—2 bits as defined in Table 5     -   Beta_offset indicator—2 bits as provided by higher layer         parameter sl-BetaOffsets2ndSCI     -   Number of DMRS port—1 bit as defined in Table 6     -   Modulation and coding scheme—5 bits     -   Additional MCS table indicator—1 bit if one MCS table is         configured by higher layer parameter sl-Additional-MCS-Table; 2         bits if two MCS tables are configured by higher layer parameter         sl-Additional-MCS-Table; 0 bit otherwise     -   PSFCH overhead indication—1 bit if higher layer parameter         sl-PSFCH-Period=2 or 4; 0 bit otherwise     -   Reserved—a number of bits as determined by higher layer         parameter sl-NumReservedBits, with value set to zero.

TABLE 5 Value of 2nd-stage SCI format field 2nd-stage SCI format 00 SCI format 2-A 01 SCI format 2-B 10 Reserved 11 Reserved

TABLE 6 Value of the Number of DMRS port field Antenna ports 0 1000 1 1000 and 1001

Hereinafter, an example of SCI format 2-A will be described.

SCI format 2-A is used for the decoding of PSSCH, with HARQ operation when HARQ-ACK information includes ACK or NACK, when HARQ-ACK information includes only NACK, or when there is no feedback of HARQ-ACK information.

The following information is transmitted by means of the SCI format 2-A:

-   -   HARQ process number—4 bits     -   New data indicator—1 bit     -   Redundancy version—2 bits     -   Source ID—8 bits     -   Destination ID—16 bits     -   HARQ feedback enabled/disabled indicator—1 bit     -   Cast type indicator—2 bits as defined in Table 7     -   CSI request—1 bit

TABLE 7 Value of Cast type indicator Cast type 00 Broadcast 01 Groupcast when HARQ-ACK information includes ACK or NACK 10 Unicast 11 Groupcast when HARQ-ACK information includes only NACK

Hereinafter, an example of SCI format 2-B will be described.

SCI format 2-B is used for the decoding of PSSCH, with HARQ operation when HARQ-ACK information includes only NACK, or when there is no feedback of HARQ-ACK information.

The following information is transmitted by means of the SCI format 2-B:

-   -   HARQ process number—4 bits     -   New data indicator—1 bit     -   Redundancy version—2 bits     -   Source ID—8 bits     -   Destination ID—16 bits     -   HARQ feedback enabled/disabled indicator—1 bit     -   Zone ID—12 bits     -   Communication range requirement—4 bits determined by higher         layer parameter sl-ZoneConfigMCR-Index

Referring to (a) or (b) of FIG. 6 , in step S630, the first UE may receive the PSFCH. For example, the first UE and the second UE may determine a PSFCH resource, and the second UE may transmit HARQ feedback to the first UE using the PSFCH resource.

Referring to (a) of FIG. 6 , in step S640, the first UE may transmit SL HARQ feedback to the base station through the PUCCH and/or the PUSCH.

FIG. 7 shows three cast types, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 7 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure. Specifically, (a) of FIG. 7 shows broadcast-type SL communication, (b) of FIG. 7 shows unicast type-SL communication, and (c) of FIG. 7 shows groupcast-type SL communication. In case of the unicast-type SL communication, a UE may perform one-to-one communication with respect to another UE. In case of the groupcast-type SL transmission, the UE may perform SL communication with respect to one or more UEs in a group to which the UE belongs. In various embodiments of the present disclosure, SL groupcast communication may be replaced with SL multicast communication, SL one-to-many communication, or the like.

Hereinafter, sidelink (SL) congestion control will be described.

For example, the UE may determine whether energy measured in a unit time/frequency resource is greater than or equal to a specific level, and may adjust an amount and frequency of use for its transmission resource based on a ratio of the unit time/frequency resource in which the energy greater than or equal to the specific level is observed. In the present disclosure, the ratio of the time/frequency resource in which the energy greater than or equal to the specific level is observed may be defined as a channel busy ratio (CBR). The UE may measure the CBR for a channel/frequency. Additionally, the UE may transmit the measured CBR to the network/BS.

FIG. 8 shows a resource unit for CBR measurement based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 8 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 8 , CBR may denote the number of sub-channels in which a measurement result value of a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) has a value greater than or equal to a pre-configured threshold as a result of measuring the RSSI by a UE on a sub-channel basis for a specific period (e.g., 100 ms). Alternatively, the CBR may denote a ratio of sub-channels having a value greater than or equal to a pre-configured threshold among sub-channels for a specific duration. For example, in the embodiment of FIG. 8 , if it is assumed that a hatched sub-channel is a sub-channel having a value greater than or equal to a pre-configured threshold, the CBR may denote a ratio of the hatched sub-channels for a period of 100 ms. Additionally, the CBR may be reported to the BS.

For example, if a PSCCH and a PSSCH are multiplexed, the UE may perform one CBR measurement for one resource pool. Herein, if a PSFCH resource is configured or pre-configured, the PSFCH resource may be excluded in the CBR measurement.

Further, congestion control considering a priority of traffic (e.g. packet) may be necessary. To this end, for example, the UE may measure a channel occupancy ratio (CR). Specifically, the UE may measure the CBR, and the UE may determine a maximum value CRlimitk of a channel occupancy ratio k (CRk) that can be occupied by traffic corresponding to each priority (e.g., k) based on the CBR. For example, the UE may derive the maximum value CRlimitk of the channel occupancy ratio with respect to a priority of each traffic, based on a predetermined table of CBR measurement values. For example, in case of traffic having a relatively high priority, the UE may derive a maximum value of a relatively great channel occupancy ratio. Thereafter, the UE may perform congestion control by restricting a total sum of channel occupancy ratios of traffic, of which a priority k is lower than i, to a value less than or equal to a specific value. Based on this method, the channel occupancy ratio may be more strictly restricted for traffic having a relatively low priority.

In addition thereto, the UE may perform SL congestion control by using a method of adjusting a level of transmit power, dropping a packet, determining whether retransmission is to be performed, adjusting a transmission RB size (MCS coordination), or the like.

Table 8 shows an example of SL CBR and SL RSSI.

TABLE 8 SL CBR Definition SL Channel Busy Ratio (SL CBR) measured in slot n is defined as the portion of sub-channels in the resource pool whose SL RSSI measured by the UE exceed a (pre-)configured threshold sensed over a CBR measurement window [n − a, n − 1], wherein a is equal to 100 or 100 · 2^(μ) slots. according to higher layer parameter timeWindowSize-CBR. Applicable for RRC_IDLE intra-frequency, RRC_IDLE inter-frequency, RRC_CONNECTED intra-frequency, RRC_CONNECTED inter-frequency SL RSSI Definition Sidelink Received Signal Strength Indicator (SL RSSI) is defined as the linear average of the total received power (in [W]) observed in the configured sub-channel in OFDM symbols of a slot configured for PSCCH and PSSCH, starting from the 2^(nd) OFDM symbol. For frequency range 1, the reference point for the SL RSSI shall be the antenna connector of the UE. For frequency range 2, SL RSSI shall be measured based on the combined signal from antenna elements corresponding to a given receiver branch. For frequency range 1 and 2, if receiver diversity is in use by the UE, the reported SL RSSI value shall not be lower than the corresponding SL RSSI of any of the individual receiver branches. Applicable for RRC_IDLE intra-frequency, RRC_IDLE inter-frequency, RRC_CONNECTED intra-frequency, RRC_CONNECTED inter-frequency

Referring to Table 8, the slot index may be based on a physical slot index.

Table 9 shows an example of SL Channel Occupancy Ratio (CR).

TABLE 9 Definition Sidelink Channel Occupancy Ratio (SL CR) evaluated at slot n is defined as the total number of sub-channels used for its transmissions in slots [n − a, n − 1] and granted in slots [n, n + b] divided by the total number of configured sub-channels in the transmission pool over [n − a, n + b]. Applicable RRC_IDLE intra-frequency, for RRC_IDLE inter-frequency, RRC_CONNECTED intra-frequency, RRC_CONNECTED inter-frequency NOTE 1: a is a positive integer and b is 0 or a positive integer; a and b are determined by UE implementation with a + b + 1 = 1000 or 1000 · 2^(μ) slots, according to higher layer parameter timeWindowSize-CR, b < (a + b + 1)/2, and n + b shall not exceed the last transmission opportunity of the grant for the current transmission. NOTE 2: SL CR is evaluated for each (re)transmission. NOTE 3: In evaluating SL CR, the UE shall assume the transmission parameter used at slot n is reused according to the existing grant(s) in slot [n + 1, n + b] without packet dropping. NOTE 4: The slot index is based on physical slot index. NOTE 5: SL CR can be computed per priority level NOTE 6: A resource is considered granted if it is a member of a selected sidelink grant as defined in TS 38.321 [7].

Hereinafter, positioning will be described.

FIG. 9 shows an example of an architecture of a 5G system capable of positioning a UE having access to a next generation-radio access network (NG-RAN) or an E-UTRAN based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 9 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 9 , an AMF may receive a request for a location service related to a specific target UE from a different entity such as a gateway mobile location center (GMLC), or may determine to start the location service in the AMF itself instead of the specific target UE. Then, the AMF may transmit a location service request to a location management function (LMF). Upon receiving the location service request, the LMF may process the location service request and return a processing request including an estimated location or the like of the UE to the AMF. Meanwhile, if the location service request is received from the different entity such as GMLC other than the AMF, the AMF may transfer to the different entity the processing request received from the LMF.

A new generation evolved-NB (ng-eNB) and a gNB are network elements of NG-RAN capable of providing a measurement result for location estimation, and may measure a radio signal for a target UE and may transfer a resultant value to the LMF. In addition, the ng-eNB may control several transmission points (TPs) such as remote radio heads or PRS-dedicated TPs supporting a positioning reference signal (PRS)-based beacon system for E-UTRA.

The LMF may be connected to an enhanced serving mobile location centre (E-SMLC), and the E-SMLC may allow the LMF to access E-UTRAN. For example, the E-SMLC may allow the LMF to support observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA), which is one of positioning methods of E-UTRAN, by using downlink measurement obtained by a target UE through a signal transmitted from the gNB and/or the PRS-dedicated TPs in the E-UTRAN.

Meanwhile, the LMF may be connected to an SUPL location platform (SLP). The LMF may support and manage different location determining services for respective target UEs. The LMF may interact with a serving ng-eNB or serving gNB for the target UE to obtain location measurement of the UE. For positioning of the target UE, the LMF may determine a positioning method based on a location service (LCS) client type, a requested quality of service (QoS), UE positioning capabilities, gNB positioning capabilities, and ng-eNB positioning capabilities, or the like, and may apply such a positioning method to the serving gNB and/or the serving ng-eNB. In addition, the LMF may determine additional information such as a location estimation value for the target UE and accuracy of location estimation and speed. The SLP is a secure user plane location (SUPL) entity in charge of positioning through a user plane.

The UE may measure a downlink signal through NG-RAN, E-UTRAN, and/or other sources such as different global navigation satellite system (GNSS) and terrestrial beacon system (TBS), wireless local access network (WLAN) access points, Bluetooth beacons, UE barometric pressure sensors or the like. The UE may include an LCS application. The UE may communicate with a network to which the UE has access, or may access the LCS application through another application included in the UE. The LCS application may include a measurement and calculation function required to determine a location of the UE. For example, the UE may include an independent positioning function such as a global positioning system (GPS), and may report the location of the UE independent of NG-RAN transmission. Positioning information obtained independently as such may be utilized as assistance information of the positioning information obtained from the network.

FIG. 10 shows an example of implementing a network for measuring a location of a UE based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 10 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

When the UE is in a connection management (CM)-IDLE state, if an AMF receives a location service request, the AMF may establish a signaling connection with the UE, and may request for a network trigger service to allocate a specific serving gNB or ng-eNB. Such an operational process is omitted in FIG. 10 . That is, it may be assumed in FIG. 10 that the UE is in a connected mode. However, due to signaling and data inactivation or the like, the signaling connection may be released by NG-RAN while a positioning process is performed.

A network operation process for measuring a location of a UE will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 10 . In step al, a 5GC entity such as GMLC may request a serving AMF to provide a location service for measuring a location of a target UE. However, even if the GMLC does not request for the location service, based on step 1b, the serving AMF may determine that the location service for measuring the location of the target UE is required. For example, to measure the location of the UE for an emergency call, the serving AMF may determine to directly perform the location service.

Thereafter, the AMF may transmit the location service request to an LMF based on step 2, and the LMF may start location procedures to obtain location measurement data or location measurement assistance data together with a serving ng-eNB and a serving gNB. Additionally, based on step 3b, the LMF may start location procedures for downlink positioning together with the UE. For example, the LMF may transmit assistance data defined in 3GPP TS 36.355, or may obtain a location estimation value or a location measurement value. Meanwhile, step 3b may be performed additionally after step 3a is performed, or may be performed instead of step 3a.

In step 4, the LMF may provide a location service response to the AMF. In addition, the location service response may include information on whether location estimation of the UE is successful and a location estimation value of the UE. Thereafter, if the procedure of FIG. 10 is initiated by step al, the AMF may transfer the location service response to a 5GC entity such as GMLC, and if the procedure of FIG. 10 is initiated by step 1b, the AMF may use the location service response to provide a location service related to an emergency call or the like.

FIG. 11 shows an example of a protocol layer used to support LTE positioning protocol (LPP) message transmission between an LMF and a UE based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 11 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

An LPP PDU may be transmitted through a NAS PDU between an AMF and the UE. Referring to FIG. 11 , an LPP may be terminated between a target device (e.g., a UE in a control plane or an SUPL enabled terminal (SET) in a user plane) and a location server (e.g., an LMF in the control plane and an SLP in the user plane). The LPP message may be transferred in a form of a transparent PDU through an intermediary network interface by using a proper protocol such as an NG application protocol (NGAP) through an NG-control plane (NG-C) interface and NAS/RRC or the like through an NR-Uu interface. The LPP protocol may enable positioning for NR and LTE by using various positioning methods.

For example, based on the LPP protocol, the target device and the location server may exchange mutual capability information, assistance data for positioning, and/or location information. In addition, an LPP message may be used to indicate exchange of error information and/or interruption of the LPP procedure.

FIG. 12 shows an example of a protocol layer used to support NR positioning protocol A (NRPPa) PDU transmission between an LMF and an NG-RAN node based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 12 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

The NRPPa may be used for information exchange between the NG-RAN node and the LMF. Specifically, the NRPPa may exchange an enhanced-cell ID (E-CID) for measurement, data for supporting an OTDOA positioning method, and a cell-ID, cell location ID, or the like for an NR cell ID positioning method, transmitted from the ng-eNB to the LMF. Even if there is no information on an associated NRPPa transaction, the AMF may route NRPPa PDUs based on a routing ID of an associated LMR through an NG-C interface.

A procedure of an NRPPa protocol for location and data collection may be classified into two types. A first type is a UE associated procedure for transferring information on a specific UE (e.g., location measurement information or the like), and a second type is a non UE associated procedure for transferring information (e.g., gNB/ng-eNB/TP timing information, etc.) applicable to an NG-RAN node and associated TPs. The two types of the procedure may be independently supported or may be simultaneously supported.

Meanwhile, examples of positioning methods supported in NG-RAN may include GNSS, OTDOA, enhanced cell ID (E-CID), barometric pressure sensor positioning, WLAN positioning, Bluetooth positioning and terrestrial beacon system (TBS), uplink time difference of arrival (UTDOA), etc.

(1) OTDOA (Observed Time Difference of Arrival)

FIG. 13 is a drawing for explaining an OTDOA positioning method based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 13 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

The OTDOA positioning method uses measurement timing of downlink signals received by a UE from an eNB, an ng-eNB, and a plurality of TPs including a PRS-dedicated TP. The UE measures timing of downlink signals received by using location assistance data received from a location server. In addition, a location of the UE may be determined based on such a measurement result and geometric coordinates of neighboring TPs.

A UE connected to a gNB may request for a measurement gap for OTDOA measurement from the TP. If the UE cannot recognize a single frequency network (SFN) for at least one TP in the OTDOA assistance data, the UE may use an autonomous gap to obtain an SNF of an OTDOA reference cell before the measurement gap is requested to perform reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement.

Herein, the RSTD may be defined based on a smallest relative time difference between boundaries of two subframes received respectively from a reference cell and a measurement cell. That is, the RSTD may be calculated based on a relative time difference between a start time of a subframe received from the measurement cell and a start time of a subframe of a reference cell closest to the start time of the subframe received from the measurement cell. Meanwhile, the reference cell may be selected by the UE.

For correct OTDOA measurement, it may be necessary to measure a time of arrival (TOA) of a signal received from three or more TPs or BSs geometrically distributed. For example, a TOA may be measured for each of a TP1, a TP2, and a TP3, and RSTD for TP 1-TP 2, RSTD for TP 2-TP 3, and RSTD for TP 3-TP 1 may be calculated for the three TOAs. Based on this, a geometric hyperbola may be determined, and a point at which these hyperbolas intersect may be estimated as a location of a UE. In this case, since accuracy and/or uncertainty for each TOA measurement may be present, the estimated location of the UE may be known as a specific range based on measurement uncertainty.

For example, RSTD for two TPs may be calculated based on Equation 1.

$\begin{matrix} {{RSTDi},{1 = {\frac{\sqrt{\left( {x_{t} - x_{i}} \right)^{2} + \left( {y_{t} - y_{i}} \right)^{2}}}{c} - \frac{\sqrt{\left( {x_{t} - x_{1}} \right)^{2} + \left( {y_{t} - y_{1}} \right)^{2}}}{c} + \left( {T_{i} - T_{1}} \right) + \left( {n_{i} - n_{1}} \right)}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}1} \right\rbrack \end{matrix}$

Herein, c may be the speed of light, {xt, yt} may be a (unknown) coordinate of a target UE, {xi, yi} may be a coordinate of a (known) TP, and {x1, y1} may be a coordinate of a reference TP (or another TP). Herein, (Ti-T1) may be referred to as “real time differences (RTDs)” as a transmission time offset between two TPs, and ni, n1 may represent values related to UE TOA measurement errors.

(2) E-CID (Enhanced Cell ID)

In a cell ID (CID) positioning method, a location of a UE may be measured through geometric information of a serving ng-eNB, serving gNB, and/or serving cell of the UE. For example, the geometric information of the serving ng-eNB, serving gNB, and/or serving cell may be obtained through paging, registration, or the like.

Meanwhile, in addition to the CID positioning method, an E-CID positioning method may use additional UE measurement and/or NG-RAN radio resources or the like to improve a UE location estimation value. In the E-CID positioning method, although some of the measurement methods which are the same as those used in a measurement control system of an RRC protocol may be used, additional measurement is not performed in general only for location measurement of the UE. In other words, a measurement configuration or a measurement control message may not be provided additionally to measure the location of the UE. Also, the UE may not expect that an additional measurement operation only for location measurement will be requested, and may report a measurement value obtained through measurement methods in which the UE can perform measurement in a general manner.

For example, the serving gNB may use an E-UTRA measurement value provided from the UE to implement the E-CID positioning method.

Examples of a measurement element that can be used for E-CID positioning may be as follows.

-   -   UE measurement: E-UTRA reference signal received power (RSRP),         E-UTRA reference signal received quality (RSRQ), UE E-UTRA Rx-Tx         Time difference, GSM EDGE random access network (GERAN)/WLAN         reference signal strength indication (RSSI), UTRAN common pilot         channel (CPICH) received signal code power (RSCP), UTRAN CPICH         Ec/Io     -   E-UTRAN measurement: ng-eNB Rx-Tx Time difference, timing         advance (TADV), angle of arrival (AoA)

Herein, the TADV may be classified into Type 1 and Type 2 as follows.

TADV Type 1=(ng-eNB Rx-Tx time difference)+(UE E-UTRA Rx-Tx time difference)

TADV Type 2=ng-eNB Rx-Tx time difference

Meanwhile, AoA may be used to measure a direction of the UE. The AoA may be defined as an estimation angle with respect to the location of the UE counterclockwise from a BS/TP. In this case, a geographic reference direction may be north. The BS/TP may use an uplink signal such as a sounding reference signal (SRS) and/or a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for AoA measurement. In addition, the larger the arrangement of the antenna array, the higher the measurement accuracy of the AoA. When the antenna arrays are arranged with the same interval, signals received from adjacent antenna elements may have a constant phase-rotate.

(3) UTDOA (Uplink Time Difference of Arrival)

UTDOA is a method of determining a location of a UE by estimating an arrival time of SRS. When calculating an estimated SRS arrival time, the location of the UE may be estimated through an arrival time difference with respect to another cell (or BS/TP) by using a serving cell as a reference cell. In order to implement the UTDOA, E-SMLC may indicate a serving cell of a target UE to indicate SRS transmission to the target UE. In addition, the E-SMLC may provide a configuration such as whether the SRS is periodical/aperiodical, a bandwidth, frequency/group/sequence hopping, or the like.

Table 10 shows an example of reference signal time difference (RSTD). The RSTD of Table 10 may be applied for SL positioning.

TABLE 10 Definition The relative timing difference between the E-UTRA neighbour cell j and the E-UTRA reference cell i, defined as T_(SubframeRxj) − T_(SubframeRxi), where: T_(SubframeRxj) is the time when the UE receives the start of one subframe from E-UTRA cell j T_(SubframeRxi) is the time when the UE receives the corresponding start of one subframe from E-UTRA cell i that is closest in time to the subframe received from E-UTRA cell j. The reference point for the observed subframe time difference shall be the antenna connector of the UE. Applicable for RRC_CONNECTED inter-RAT

Table 11 shows an example of DL PRS reference signal received power (RSRP). The DL PRS RSRP of Table 11 may be applied for SL positioning.

TABLE 11 Definition DL PRS reference signal received power (DL PRS-RSRP), is defined as the linear average over the power contributions (in [W]) of the resource elements that carry DL PRS reference signals configured for RSRP measurements within the considered measurement frequency bandwidth. For frequency range 1, the reference point for the DL PRS-RSRP shall be the antenna connector of the UE. For frequency range 2, DL PRS-RSRP shall be measured based on the combined signal from antenna elements corresponding to a given receiver branch. For frequency range 1 and 2, if receiver diversity is in use by the UE, the reported DL PRS-RSRP value shall not be lower than the corresponding DL PRS-RSRP of any of the individual receiver branches. Applicable RRC_CONNECTED intra-frequency, for RRC_CONNECTED inter-frequency

Table 12 shows an example of DL relative signal time difference (RSTD). The DL RSTD of Table 12 may be applied for SL positioning.

TABLE 12 Definition DL relative timing difference (DL RSTD) between the positioning node j and the reference positioning node i, is defined as T_(SubframeRxj) − T_(SubframeRxi), Where: T_(SubframeRxj) is the time when the UE receives the start of one subframe from positioning node j. T_(SubframeRxi) is the time when the UE receives the corresponding start of one subframe from positioning node i that is closest in time to the subframe received from positioning node j. Multiple DL PRS resources can be used to determine the start of one subframe from a positioning node. For frequency range 1, the reference point for the DL RSTD shall be the antenna connector of the UE. For frequency range 2, the reference point for the DL RSTD shall be the antenna of the UE. Applicable RRC_CONNECTED intra-frequency for RRC_CONNECTED inter-frequency

Table 13 shows an example of UE Rx-Tx time difference. The UE Rx-Tx time difference of Table 13 may be applied for SL positioning.

TABLE 13 Definition The UE Rx − Tx time difference is defined as T_(UE-RX) − T_(UE-TX) Where: T_(UE-RX) is the UE received timing of downlink subframe #i from a positioning node, defined by the first detected path in time. T_(UE-TX) is the UE transmit timing of uplink subframe #j that is closest in time to the subframe #i received from the positioning node. Multiple DL PRS resources can be used to determine the start of one subframe of the first arrival path of the positioning node. For frequency range 1, the reference point for T_(UE-RX) measurement shall be the Rx antenna connector of the UE and the reference point for T_(UE-TX) measurement shall be the Tx antenna connector of the UE. For frequency range 2, the reference point for T_(UE-RX) measurement shall be the Rx antenna of the UE and the reference point for T_(UE-TX) measurement shall be the Tx antenna of the UE. Applicable RRC_CONNECTED intra-frequency for RRC_CONNECTED inter-frequency

Table 14 shows an example of UL Relative Time of Arrival (UL RTOA) (T_(UL-RTOA)). The UL RTOA of Table 14 may be applied for SL positioning.

TABLE 14 Definition [The UL Relative Time of Arrival (T_(UL-RTOA)) is the beginning of subframe i containing SRS received in positioning node j, relative to the configurable reference time.] Multiple SRS resources for positioning can be used to determine the beginning of one subframe containing SRS received at a positioning node. The reference point for T_(UL-RTOA) shall be: for type 1-C base station TS 38.104 [9]: the Rx antenna connector, for type 1-O or 2-O base station TS 38.104 [9]: the Rx antenna, for type 1-H base station TS 38.104 [9]: the Rx Transceiver Array Boundary connector.

Table 15 shows an example of gNB Rx-Tx time difference. The gNB Rx-Tx time difference of Table 15 may be applied for SL positioning.

TABLE 15 Definition The gNB Rx − Tx time difference is defined as T_(gNB-RX) − T_(gNB-TX) Where: T_(gNB-RX) is the positioning node received timing of uplink subframe #i containing SRS associated with UE, defined by the first detected path in time. T_(gNB-TX) is the positioning node transmit timing of downlink subframe #j that is closest in time to the subframe #i received from the UE. Multiple SRS resources for positioning can be used to determine the start of one subframe containing SRS. The reference point for T_(gNB-RX) shall be: for type 1-C base station TS 38.104 [9]: the Rx antenna connector, for type 1-O or 2-O base station TS 38.104 [9]: the Rx antenna, for type 1-H base station TS 38.104 [9]: the Rx Transceiver Array Boundary connector. The reference point for T_(gNB-TX) shall be: for type 1-C base station TS 38.104 [9]: the Tx antenna connector, for type 1-O or 2-O base station TS 38.104 [9]: the Tx antenna, for type 1-H base station TS 38.104 [9]: the Tx Transceiver Array Boundary connector.

Table 16 shows an example of UL Angle of Arrival (AoA). The UL AoA of Table 16 may be applied for SL positioning.

TABLE 16 Definition UL Angle of Arrival (UL AoA) is defined as the estimated azimuth angle and vertical angle of a UE with respect to a reference direction, wherein the reference direction is defined: In the global coordinate system (GCS), wherein estimated azimuth angle is measured relative to geographical North and is positive in a counter-clockwise direction and estimated vertical angle is measured relative to zenith and positive to horizontal direction In the local coordinate system (LCS), wherein estimated azimuth angle is measured relative to x-axis of LCS and positive in a counter-clockwise direction and estimated vertical angle is measured relatize to z-axis of LCS and positive to x-y plane direction. The bearing, downtilt and slant angles of LCS are defined according to TS 38.901 [14]. The UL AoA is determined at the gNB antenna for an UL channel corresponding to this UE.

Table 17 shows an example of UL SRS reference signal received power (RSRP). The UL SRS RSRP of Table 17 may be applied for SL positioning.

TABLE 17 Definition UL SRS reference signal received power (UL SRS-RSRP) is defined aslinear average of the power contributions (in [W]) of the resource elements carrying sounding reference signals (SRS). UL SRS-RSRP shall be measured over the configured resource elements within the considered measurement frequency bandwidth in the configured measurement time occasions. For frequency range 1, the reference point for the UL SRS- RSRP shall be the antenna connector of the gNB. For frequency range 2, UL SRS-RSRP shall be measured based on the combined signal from antenna elements corresponding to a given receiver branch. For frequency range 1 and 2, if receiver diversity is in use by the gNB, the reported UL SRS-RSRP value shall not be lower than the corresponding UL SRS-RSRP of any of the individual receiver branches.

Meanwhile, in the existing Uu link-based positioning, since the base station controls the PRS transmission process of the UE, a channel congestion control operation is not required. In addition, the existing channel congestion control method is applied to SL communication. Therefore, a channel congestion control process for SL positioning needs to be defined.

For example, in order to perform SL positioning, a UE may transmit a SL PRS, and a UE which has received the SL PRS may perform measurement based on the received SL PRS and feedback the measurement result. Accordingly, the congestion of the associated channel may be increased even by the transmission/reception process for performing the SL positioning, and accordingly, congestion control for transmission channels may be required. If congestion control is not applied to a transmission/reception process for SL positioning, transmission and reception of positioning-related signals may occur frequently in spite of a congested channel condition. Due to this, accuracy of positioning cannot be guaranteed, and serious interference may be caused to other communications.

Based on an embodiment of the present disclosure, a channel congestion control method for SL positioning and an apparatus supporting the same are proposed.

In the present disclosure, the following terms may be used.

-   -   UE-triggered SL positioning: the procedure may be triggered by         the UE.     -   Base station/location server (LS)-triggered SL positioning: the         procedure may be triggered by the base station/LS.     -   UE-controlled SL positioning: the SL positioning group may be         created by the UE.     -   Base station-controlled SL positioning: the SL positioning group         may be created by the base station.     -   UE-based SL positioning: the UE position may be calculated by         the UE.     -   UE-assisted SL positioning: the UE position may be calculated by         the base station/LS.     -   SL positioning group: UEs that participates in SL positioning     -   Target UE (T-UE): UE whose position is calculated     -   Server UE (S-UE): UE that assists T-UE's SL positioning     -   LS: location server     -   MG: measurement gap where only SL PRS transmission is allowed

As described above, in order to perform SL positioning, a UE may transmit a SL PRS, and a UE which has received the SL PRS may perform measurement based on the received SL PRS and feedback the measurement result. Accordingly, the congestion of the associated channel may be increased even by the transmission/reception process for performing the SL positioning, and accordingly, congestion control for transmission channels may be required.

FIG. 14 shows a procedure for performing positioning by adjusting positioning-related parameters based on congestion control, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 14 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 14 , in step S1410, a UE (e.g., T-UE or S-UE) may measure a congestion level. For example, the congestion level may be channel busy ratio (CBR). For example, the congestion level may be channel occupancy ratio (CR). For example, the congestion level may be a parameter (e.g., energy level, etc.) reflecting a congestion level of a channel.

In step S1420, the UE may adjust positioning-related parameter(s) based on the congestion level. For example, according to the channel congestion control method for SL positioning, the UE may adjust a channel congestion level by adjusting the following parameter(s), after measuring the congestion level (e.g., CBR value) of a SL transmission channel.

-   -   The number of SL PRS resource sets per an MG and/or the number         of SL PRS resources per an MG     -   A time gap between SL PRS resources and/or a SL PRS resource         repetition factor and/or the number of SL PRS resources per a SL         PRS resource set     -   The number of symbols used for a SL PRS and/or a SL PRS comb         size per a SL PRS resource     -   The maximum number of S-UEs that can participate in a SL         positioning group     -   A SL positioning type: absolute positioning or relative         positioning. For example, if the channel congestion level is         high, the UE may perform relative positioning corresponding to         simple positioning information, and if the channel congestion         level is low, the UE may perform more precise absolute         positioning.     -   A SL positioning method: SL TDOA, SL Round Trip Time (RTT), SL         Angle of Arrival (AoA)/Zenith of Arrival (ZoA), SL Azimuth angle         of Departure (AoD)/Zenith angle of Departure (ZoD), positioning         based on sidelink synchronization signal identifier (SLSSID),         etc. For example, if the channel congestion level is low, the UE         may use a positioning method such as SL RTT or SLSSID-based         positioning (measurement of distance from a UE transmitting a         specific SLSSID) that requires a relatively large number of         transmissions and receptions. If the channel congestion level is         high, the UE may use a positioning method such as SL TDOA that         requires a relatively small number of transmissions and         receptions.

In step S1430, the UE may perform SL positioning. For example, the UE may perform SL positioning based on the adjusted/determined parameter(s).

For example, a SL SCI format that can be used as control information transmitted together with the SL PRS for SL positioning may include at least one of the following information.

-   -   SL PRS resource set ID     -   SL PRS resource set repetition index (indicating how many times         the SL PRS resource set is repeated (the order in which the SL         PRS resource set is repeated))     -   SL PRS resource ID     -   SL PRS resource repetition index (indicating how many times the         SL PRS resource is repeated (the order in which the SL PRS         resource is repeated))     -   SL slot aggregation index (indicating the slot number/order with         respect to the first slot among aggregated slots if multiple         slots are aggregated and used for SL PRS transmission)     -   RE offset used for SL PRS resource     -   SL PRS resource reservation information (indicating the location         of reserved SL PRS resources indicated in the form of a time         resource indicator value (TRIV) or a frequency resource         indicator value (FRIV). In this case, all or part of the         location of the SL PRS resources may be indicated or only the         location of the representative RE may be indicated)

For example, the SL mode-1 UE does not determine SL PRS transmission resource(s) based on sensing, and the SL mode-1 UE may be allocated SL PRS transmission resource(s) through the base station.

For example, a UE A may determine SL PRS transmission resource(s) to be used by other UE B(s) belonging to a SL positioning group. For example, the UE A may provide the UE B with information related to resource(s) to be used by the UE B for SL PRS transmission through an inter-UE coordination message. For example, the UE A may be a T-UE belonging to the SL positioning group. For example, the UE A may be a UE performing the SL mode-1 operation among UEs belonging to the SL positioning group. In the above case, the UE A may receive information regarding resource(s) to be used for SL PRS transmission by UEs belonging to the SL positioning group from the base station, and the UE A may transmit the information to the UE B belonging to the SL positioning group. Through this, the UE A may enable the UE B to determine resource(s) to transmit a SL PRS.

For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a service type. For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a (LCH or service) priority. For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a QoS requirement (e.g., latency, reliability, minimum communication range). For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a PQI parameter. For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for SL HARQ feedback enabled LCH/MAC PDU (transmission). For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for SL HARQ feedback disabled LCH/MAC PDU (transmission). For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a CBR measurement value of a resource pool. For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a SL cast type (e.g., unicast, groupcast, broadcast). For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a SL groupcast HARQ feedback option (e.g., NACK only feedback, ACK/NACK feedback, NACK only feedback based on TX-RX distance). For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a SL mode 1 CG type (e.g., SL CG type 1 or SL CG type 2). For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a SL mode type (e.g., mode 1 or mode 2). For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a resource pool. For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for whether a PSFCH resource is configured in a resource pool. For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a source (L2) ID. For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a destination (L2) ID. For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a PC5 RRC connection link. For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a SL link. For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a connection state (with a base station) (e.g., RRC CONNECTED state, IDLE state, INACTIVE state). For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a SL HARQ process (ID). For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for whether to perform SL DRX operation (of TX UE or RX UE). For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for whether a UE is a power saving (TX or RX) UE. For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a case in which PSFCH TX and PSFCH RX (and/or a plurality of PSFCH TXs (exceeding UE capability)) overlap (and/or a case in which PSFCH TX (and/or PSFCH RX) is skipped) (from a specific UE perspective). For example, whether the rule is applied and/or the parameter value related to the proposed method/rule may be configured/allowed specifically (or differently or independently) for a case in which the RX UE actually (successfully) receives PSCCH (and/or PSSCH) (re)transmission from the TX UE.

For example, in the present disclosure, the term “configured/configuration (or designated/designation)” can be extended/interpreted to/as that the base station informs the UE through a pre-defined (physical layer or higher layer) channel/signal (e.g., SIB, RRC, MAC CE) (and/or being provided through pre-configuration and/or that the UE informs other UEs through a pre-defined (physical layer or higher layer) channel/signal (e.g., SL MAC CE, PC5 RRC)).

For example, in the present disclosure, the term “PSFCH” can be extended/interpreted to/as (NR or LTE) PSSCH (and/or (NR or LTE) PSCCH) (and/or (NR or LTE) SL SSB (and/or UL channel/signal)). In addition, the proposed methods of the present disclosure can be used in combination with each other (as a new type of manner).

For example, in the present disclosure, the specific threshold may refer to a threshold pre-defined or (pre-)configured by a higher layer (including an application layer) of the network, the base station, or the UE. For example, in the present disclosure, the specific configured value may refer to a value pre-defined or (pre-)configured by a higher layer (including an application layer) of the network, the base station, or the UE. For example, the operation configured by the network/base station may refer to that the base station (pre-)configures to the UE through higher layer RRC signaling or the base station configures/signals to the UE through MAC CE or the base station signals to the UE through DCI.

Based on various embodiments of the present disclosure, proposed are a channel congestion control method that can be used for SL positioning, signaling information included in a control channel to be transmitted together with the SL PRS for SL positioning, a method for determining resource(s) to transmit the SL PRS for SL positioning without based on a sensing operation and an apparatus supporting the same. Through this, the accuracy of positioning can be guaranteed, and the problem causing interference to other communications can be minimized.

FIG. 15 shows a method for performing wireless communication by a first device, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 15 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 15 , in step S1510, the first device may obtain information related to a resource pool. In step S1520, the first device may measure sidelink (SL) received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for subchannels in the resource pool over a channel busy ratio (CBR) measurement window. In step S1530, the first device may obtain SL CBR based on the measurement. For example, the SL CBR may be a portion of subchannels whose SL RSSI measured by the first device exceeds a threshold among the subchannels in the resource pool. In step S1540, the first device may determine a parameter related to SL positioning based on the SL CBR. In step S1550, the first device may transmit a SL positioning reference signal (PRS) based on the parameter related to the SL positioning.

For example, the determination of the parameter related to the SL positioning based on the SL CBR may comprise determining, based on the SL CBR, a number of SL PRS resources or a number of SL PRS resource sets within a measurement gap (MG).

For example, the determination of the parameter related to the SL positioning based on the SL CBR may comprise determining, based on the SL CBR, a time gap between SL PRS resources, a repetition factor of SL PRS resources or a number of SL PRS resources in a SL PRS resource set.

For example, the determination of the parameter related to the SL positioning based on the SL CBR may comprise determining, based on the SL CBR, a number of symbols for the SL PRS or a comb size of SL PRS resources.

For example, the determination of the parameter related to the SL positioning based on the SL CBR may comprise determining, based on the SL CBR, a number of server UEs (S-UEs) capable of participating in the SL positioning.

For example, the determination of the parameter related to the SL positioning based on the SL CBR may comprise determining a type of the SL positioning based on the SL CBR. For example, the type of the SL positioning may be absolute positioning or relative positioning. For example, based on that the SL CBR is greater than a threshold, the type of the SL positioning may be determined as the relative positioning, and based on that the SL CBR is less than the threshold, the type of the SL positioning may be determined as the absolute positioning.

For example, the determination of the parameter related to the SL positioning based on the SL CBR may comprise determining a method of the SL positioning based on the SL CBR. For example, based on that the SL CBR is less than a threshold, the method of the SL positioning may be determined as a positioning method based on SL round trip time (RTT) or sidelink synchronization signal identifier (SLS SID), and based on that the SL CBR is greater than the threshold, the method of the SL positioning may be determined as a positioning method based on SL time difference of arrival (TDOA).

Additionally, for example, the first device may transmit sidelink control information (SCI) for the SL positioning. For example, the SCI may include at least one of a SL PRS resource set ID, a SL PRS resource set repetition index, a SL PRS resource ID, a SL PRS resource repetition index, a SL slot aggregation index, a resource element (RE) offset used for SL PRS resources or SL PRS resource reservation information.

Additionally, for example, the first device may transmit, to a second device belonging to a SL positioning group, an inter-UE coordination message including information related to a resource to be used for SL PRS transmission by the second device. For example, the first device may be a device operating in a resource allocation mode in which a resource is allocated from a base station, and the first device may receive the information related to the resource to be used for the SL PRS transmission from the base station.

The proposed method can be applied to the device(s) based on various embodiments of the present disclosure. First, the processor 102 of the first device 100 may obtain information related to a resource pool. In addition, the processor 102 of the first device 100 may measure sidelink (SL) received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for subchannels in the resource pool over a channel busy ratio (CBR) measurement window. In addition, the processor 102 of the first device 100 may obtain SL CBR based on the measurement. For example, the SL CBR may be a portion of subchannels whose SL RSSI measured by the first device exceeds a threshold among the subchannels in the resource pool. In addition, the processor 102 of the first device 100 may determine a parameter related to SL positioning based on the SL CBR. In addition, the processor 102 of the first device 100 may control the transceiver 106 to transmit a SL positioning reference signal (PRS) based on the parameter related to the SL positioning.

Based on an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first device adapted to perform wireless communication may be provided. For example, the first device may comprise: one or more memories storing instructions; one or more transceivers; and one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers. For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to: obtain information related to a resource pool; measure sidelink (SL) received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for subchannels in the resource pool over a channel busy ratio (CBR) measurement window; obtain SL CBR based on the measurement, wherein the SL CBR is a portion of subchannels whose SL RSSI measured by the first device exceeds a threshold among the subchannels in the resource pool; determine a parameter related to SL positioning based on the SL CBR; and control the one or more transceivers to transmit a SL positioning reference signal (PRS) based on the parameter related to the SL positioning.

Based on an embodiment of the present disclosure, a processing device adapted to control a first device may be provided. For example, the processing device may comprise: one or more processors; and one or more memories operably connected to the one or more processors and storing instructions. For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to: obtain information related to a resource pool; measure sidelink (SL) received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for subchannels in the resource pool over a channel busy ratio (CBR) measurement window; obtain SL CBR based on the measurement, wherein the SL CBR is a portion of subchannels whose SL RSSI measured by the first device exceeds a threshold among the subchannels in the resource pool; determine a parameter related to SL positioning based on the SL CBR; and transmit a SL positioning reference signal (PRS) based on the parameter related to the SL positioning.

Based on an embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions may be provided. For example, the instructions, when executed, may cause a first device to: obtain information related to a resource pool; measure sidelink (SL) received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for subchannels in the resource pool over a channel busy ratio (CBR) measurement window; obtain SL CBR based on the measurement, wherein the SL CBR is a portion of subchannels whose SL RSSI measured by the first device exceeds a threshold among the subchannels in the resource pool; determine a parameter related to SL positioning based on the SL CBR; and transmit a SL positioning reference signal (PRS) based on the parameter related to the SL positioning.

FIG. 16 shows a method for performing wireless communication by a second device, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 16 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 16 , in step S1610, the second device may obtain information related to a resource pool. In step S1620, the second device may receive, from a first device, a sidelink (SL) positioning reference signal (PRS) based on a parameter related to SL positioning. For example, the parameter related to the SL positioning may be determined based on SL channel busy ratio (CBR). For example, the SL CBR may be a portion of subchannels whose SL received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measured by the first device over a CBR measurement window exceeds a threshold among subchannels in the resource pool.

For example, a number of SL PRS resources or a number of SL PRS resource sets within a measurement gap (MG) may be determined based on the SL CBR.

For example, a time gap between SL PRS resources, a repetition factor of SL PRS resources or a number of SL PRS resources in a SL PRS resource set may be determined based on the SL CBR.

For example, a number of symbols for the SL PRS or a comb size of SL PRS resources may be determined based on the SL CBR.

For example, a number of server UEs (S-UEs) capable of participating in the SL positioning may be determined based on the SL CBR.

For example, a type of the SL positioning may be determined based on the SL CBR, and the type of the SL positioning may be absolute positioning or relative positioning. For example, based on that the SL CBR is greater than a threshold, the type of the SL positioning may be determined as the relative positioning, and based on that the SL CBR is less than the threshold, the type of the SL positioning may be determined as the absolute positioning.

For example, a method of the SL positioning may be determined based on the SL CBR. For example, based on that the SL CBR is less than a threshold, the method of the SL positioning may be determined as a positioning method based on SL round trip time (RTT) or sidelink synchronization signal identifier (SLS SID), and based on that the SL CBR is greater than the threshold, the method of the SL positioning may be determined as a positioning method based on SL time difference of arrival (TDOA).

Additionally, for example, the second device may receive, from the first device, sidelink control information (SCI) for the SL positioning. For example, the SCI may include at least one of a SL PRS resource set ID, a SL PRS resource set repetition index, a SL PRS resource ID, a SL PRS resource repetition index, a SL slot aggregation index, a resource element (RE) offset used for SL PRS resources or SL PRS resource reservation information.

Additionally, for example, the second device belonging to a SL positioning group may receive, from the first device, an inter-UE coordination message including information related to a resource to be used for SL PRS transmission by the second device. For example, the first device may be a device operating in a resource allocation mode in which a resource is allocated from a base station, and the first device may receive the information related to the resource to be used for the SL PRS transmission from the base station.

The proposed method can be applied to the device(s) based on various embodiments of the present disclosure. First, the processor 202 of the second device 200 may obtain information related to a resource pool. In addition, the processor 202 of the second device 200 may control the transceiver 206 to receive, from a first device, a sidelink (SL) positioning reference signal (PRS) based on a parameter related to SL positioning. For example, the parameter related to the SL positioning may be determined based on SL channel busy ratio (CBR). For example, the SL CBR may be a portion of subchannels whose SL received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measured by the first device over a CBR measurement window exceeds a threshold among subchannels in the resource pool.

Based on an embodiment of the present disclosure, a second device adapted to perform wireless communication may be provided. For example, the second device may comprise: one or more memories storing instructions; one or more transceivers; and one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers. For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to: obtain information related to a resource pool; and control the one or more transceivers to receive, from a first device, a sidelink (SL) positioning reference signal (PRS) based on a parameter related to SL positioning. For example, the parameter related to the SL positioning may be determined based on SL channel busy ratio (CBR). For example, the SL CBR may be a portion of subchannels whose SL received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measured by the first device over a CBR measurement window exceeds a threshold among subchannels in the resource pool.

Based on an embodiment of the present disclosure, a processing device adapted to control a second device may be provided. For example, the processing device may comprise: one or more processors; and one or more memories operably connected to the one or more processors and storing instructions. For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to: obtain information related to a resource pool; and receive, from a first device, a sidelink (SL) positioning reference signal (PRS) based on a parameter related to SL positioning. For example, the parameter related to the SL positioning may be determined based on SL channel busy ratio (CBR). For example, the SL CBR may be a portion of subchannels whose SL received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measured by the first device over a CBR measurement window exceeds a threshold among subchannels in the resource pool.

Based on an embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions may be provided. For example, the instructions, when executed, may cause a second device to: obtain information related to a resource pool; and receive, from a first device, a sidelink (SL) positioning reference signal (PRS) based on a parameter related to SL positioning. For example, the parameter related to the SL positioning may be determined based on SL channel busy ratio (CBR). For example, the SL CBR may be a portion of subchannels whose SL received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measured by the first device over a CBR measurement window exceeds a threshold among subchannels in the resource pool.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure may be combined with each other.

Hereinafter, device(s) to which various embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied will be described.

The various descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts of the present disclosure described in this document may be applied to, without being limited to, a variety of fields requiring wireless communication/connection (e.g., 5G) between devices.

Hereinafter, a description will be given in more detail with reference to the drawings. In the following drawings/description, the same reference symbols may denote the same or corresponding hardware blocks, software blocks, or functional blocks unless described otherwise.

FIG. 17 shows a communication system 1, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 17 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 17 , a communication system 1 to which various embodiments of the present disclosure are applied includes wireless devices, Base Stations (BSs), and a network. Herein, the wireless devices represent devices performing communication using Radio Access Technology (RAT) (e.g., 5G New RAT (NR)) or Long-Term Evolution (LTE)) and may be referred to as communication/radio/5G devices. The wireless devices may include, without being limited to, a robot 100 a, vehicles 100 b-1 and 100 b-2, an eXtended Reality (XR) device 100 c, a hand-held device 100 d, a home appliance 100 e, an Internet of Things (IoT) device 100 f, and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) device/server 400. For example, the vehicles may include a vehicle having a wireless communication function, an autonomous vehicle, and a vehicle capable of performing communication between vehicles. Herein, the vehicles may include an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) (e.g., a drone). The XR device may include an Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR)/Mixed Reality (MR) device and may be implemented in the form of a Head-Mounted Device (HMD), a Head-Up Display (HUD) mounted in a vehicle, a television, a smartphone, a computer, a wearable device, a home appliance device, a digital signage, a vehicle, a robot, etc. The hand-held device may include a smartphone, a smartpad, a wearable device (e.g., a smartwatch or a smartglasses), and a computer (e.g., a notebook). The home appliance may include a TV, a refrigerator, and a washing machine. The IoT device may include a sensor and a smartmeter. For example, the BSs and the network may be implemented as wireless devices and a specific wireless device 200 a may operate as a BS/network node with respect to other wireless devices.

Here, wireless communication technology implemented in wireless devices 100 a to 100 f of the present disclosure may include Narrowband Internet of Things for low-power communication in addition to LTE, NR, and 6G. In this case, for example, NB-IoT technology may be an example of Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technology and may be implemented as standards such as LTE Cat NB1, and/or LTE Cat NB2, and is not limited to the name described above. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless communication technology implemented in the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f of the present disclosure may perform communication based on LTE-M technology. In this case, as an example, the LTE-M technology may be an example of the LPWAN and may be called by various names including enhanced Machine Type Communication (eMTC), and the like. For example, the LTE-M technology may be implemented as at least any one of various standards such as 1) LTE CAT 0, 2) LTE Cat M1, 3) LTE Cat M2, 4) LTE non-Bandwidth Limited (non-BL), 5) LTE-MTC, 6) LTE Machine Type Communication, and/or 7) LTE M, and is not limited to the name described above. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless communication technology implemented in the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f of the present disclosure may include at least one of Bluetooth, Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN), and ZigBee considering the low-power communication, and is not limited to the name described above. As an example, the ZigBee technology may generate personal area networks (PAN) related to small/low-power digital communication based on various standards including IEEE 802.15.4, and the like, and may be called by various names.

The wireless devices 100 a to 100 f may be connected to the network 300 via the BSs 200. An AI technology may be applied to the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f and the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f may be connected to the AI server 400 via the network 300. The network 300 may be configured using a 3G network, a 4G (e.g., LTE) network, or a 5G (e.g., NR) network. Although the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f may communicate with each other through the BSs 200/network 300, the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f may perform direct communication (e.g., sidelink communication) with each other without passing through the BSs/network. For example, the vehicles 100 b-1 and 100 b-2 may perform direct communication (e.g. Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V)/Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication). The IoT device (e.g., a sensor) may perform direct communication with other IoT devices (e.g., sensors) or other wireless devices 100 a to 100 f.

Wireless communication/connections 150 a, 150 b, or 150 c may be established between the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f/BS 200, or BS 200/BS 200. Herein, the wireless communication/connections may be established through various RATs (e.g., 5G NR) such as uplink/downlink communication 150 a, sidelink communication 150 b (or, D2D communication), or inter BS communication (e.g. relay, Integrated Access Backhaul (IAB)). The wireless devices and the BSs/the wireless devices may transmit/receive radio signals to/from each other through the wireless communication/connections 150 a and 150 b. For example, the wireless communication/connections 150 a and 150 b may transmit/receive signals through various physical channels. To this end, at least a part of various configuration information configuring processes, various signal processing processes (e.g., channel encoding/decoding, modulation/demodulation, and resource mapping/demapping), and resource allocating processes, for transmitting/receiving radio signals, may be performed based on the various proposals of the present disclosure.

FIG. 18 shows wireless devices, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 18 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 18 , a first wireless device 100 and a second wireless device 200 may transmit radio signals through a variety of RATs (e.g., LTE and NR). Herein, {the first wireless device 100 and the second wireless device 200} may correspond to {the wireless device 100 x and the BS 200} and/or {the wireless device 100 x and the wireless device 100 x} of FIG. 17 .

The first wireless device 100 may include one or more processors 102 and one or more memories 104 and additionally further include one or more transceivers 106 and/or one or more antennas 108. The processor(s) 102 may control the memory(s) 104 and/or the transceiver(s) 106 and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. For example, the processor(s) 102 may process information within the memory(s) 104 to generate first information/signals and then transmit radio signals including the first information/signals through the transceiver(s) 106. The processor(s) 102 may receive radio signals including second information/signals through the transceiver 106 and then store information obtained by processing the second information/signals in the memory(s) 104. The memory(s) 104 may be connected to the processor(s) 102 and may store a variety of information related to operations of the processor(s) 102. For example, the memory(s) 104 may store software code including commands for performing a part or the entirety of processes controlled by the processor(s) 102 or for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. Herein, the processor(s) 102 and the memory(s) 104 may be a part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement RAT (e.g., LTE or NR). The transceiver(s) 106 may be connected to the processor(s) 102 and transmit and/or receive radio signals through one or more antennas 108. Each of the transceiver(s) 106 may include a transmitter and/or a receiver. The transceiver(s) 106 may be interchangeably used with Radio Frequency (RF) unit(s). In the present disclosure, the wireless device may represent a communication modem/circuit/chip.

The second wireless device 200 may include one or more processors 202 and one or more memories 204 and additionally further include one or more transceivers 206 and/or one or more antennas 208. The processor(s) 202 may control the memory(s) 204 and/or the transceiver(s) 206 and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. For example, the processor(s) 202 may process information within the memory(s) 204 to generate third information/signals and then transmit radio signals including the third information/signals through the transceiver(s) 206. The processor(s) 202 may receive radio signals including fourth information/signals through the transceiver(s) 106 and then store information obtained by processing the fourth information/signals in the memory(s) 204. The memory(s) 204 may be connected to the processor(s) 202 and may store a variety of information related to operations of the processor(s) 202. For example, the memory(s) 204 may store software code including commands for performing a part or the entirety of processes controlled by the processor(s) 202 or for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. Herein, the processor(s) 202 and the memory(s) 204 may be a part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement RAT (e.g., LTE or NR). The transceiver(s) 206 may be connected to the processor(s) 202 and transmit and/or receive radio signals through one or more antennas 208. Each of the transceiver(s) 206 may include a transmitter and/or a receiver. The transceiver(s) 206 may be interchangeably used with RF unit(s). In the present disclosure, the wireless device may represent a communication modem/circuit/chip.

Hereinafter, hardware elements of the wireless devices 100 and 200 will be described more specifically. One or more protocol layers may be implemented by, without being limited to, one or more processors 102 and 202. For example, the one or more processors 102 and 202 may implement one or more layers (e.g., functional layers such as PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP, RRC, and SDAP). The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generate one or more Protocol Data Units (PDUs) and/or one or more Service Data Unit (SDUs) according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generate messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generate signals (e.g., baseband signals) including PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document and provide the generated signals to the one or more transceivers 106 and 206. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may receive the signals (e.g., baseband signals) from the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 and acquire the PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document.

The one or more processors 102 and 202 may be referred to as controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or microcomputers. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof. As an example, one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), one or more Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), one or more Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), one or more Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), or one or more Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) may be included in the one or more processors 102 and 202. The descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or software and the firmware or software may be configured to include the modules, procedures, or functions. Firmware or software configured to perform the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be included in the one or more processors 102 and 202 or stored in the one or more memories 104 and 204 so as to be driven by the one or more processors 102 and 202. The descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or software in the form of code, commands, and/or a set of commands.

The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be connected to the one or more processors 102 and 202 and store various types of data, signals, messages, information, programs, code, instructions, and/or commands. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be configured by Read-Only Memories (ROMs), Random Access Memories (RAMs), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memories (EPROMs), flash memories, hard drives, registers, cash memories, computer-readable storage media, and/or combinations thereof. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be located at the interior and/or exterior of the one or more processors 102 and 202. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be connected to the one or more processors 102 and 202 through various technologies such as wired or wireless connection.

The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may transmit user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the methods and/or operational flowcharts of this document, to one or more other devices. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may receive user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document, from one or more other devices. For example, the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may be connected to the one or more processors 102 and 202 and transmit and receive radio signals. For example, the one or more processors 102 and 202 may perform control so that the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may transmit user data, control information, or radio signals to one or more other devices. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may perform control so that the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may receive user data, control information, or radio signals from one or more other devices. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may be connected to the one or more antennas 108 and 208 and the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may be configured to transmit and receive user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document, through the one or more antennas 108 and 208. In this document, the one or more antennas may be a plurality of physical antennas or a plurality of logical antennas (e.g., antenna ports). The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may convert received radio signals/channels etc. from RF band signals into baseband signals in order to process received user data, control information, radio signals/channels, etc. using the one or more processors 102 and 202. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may convert the user data, control information, radio signals/channels, etc. processed using the one or more processors 102 and 202 from the base band signals into the RF band signals. To this end, the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may include (analog) oscillators and/or filters.

FIG. 19 shows a signal process circuit for a transmission signal, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 19 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 19 , a signal processing circuit 1000 may include scramblers 1010, modulators 1020, a layer mapper 1030, a precoder 1040, resource mappers 1050, and signal generators 1060. An operation/function of FIG. 19 may be performed, without being limited to, the processors 102 and 202 and/or the transceivers 106 and 206 of FIG. 18 . Hardware elements of FIG. 19 may be implemented by the processors 102 and 202 and/or the transceivers 106 and 206 of FIG. 18 . For example, blocks 1010 to 1060 may be implemented by the processors 102 and 202 of FIG. 18 . Alternatively, the blocks 1010 to 1050 may be implemented by the processors 102 and 202 of FIG. 18 and the block 1060 may be implemented by the transceivers 106 and 206 of FIG. 18 .

Codewords may be converted into radio signals via the signal processing circuit 1000 of FIG. 19 . Herein, the codewords are encoded bit sequences of information blocks. The information blocks may include transport blocks (e.g., a UL-SCH transport block, a DL-SCH transport block). The radio signals may be transmitted through various physical channels (e.g., a PUSCH and a PDSCH).

Specifically, the codewords may be converted into scrambled bit sequences by the scramblers 1010. Scramble sequences used for scrambling may be generated based on an initialization value, and the initialization value may include ID information of a wireless device. The scrambled bit sequences may be modulated to modulation symbol sequences by the modulators 1020. A modulation scheme may include pi/2-Binary Phase Shift Keying (pi/2-BPSK), m-Phase Shift Keying (m-PSK), and m-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (m-QAM). Complex modulation symbol sequences may be mapped to one or more transport layers by the layer mapper 1030. Modulation symbols of each transport layer may be mapped (precoded) to corresponding antenna port(s) by the precoder 1040. Outputs z of the precoder 1040 may be obtained by multiplying outputs y of the layer mapper 1030 by an N*M precoding matrix W. Herein, N is the number of antenna ports and M is the number of transport layers. The precoder 1040 may perform precoding after performing transform precoding (e.g., DFT) for complex modulation symbols. Alternatively, the precoder 1040 may perform precoding without performing transform precoding.

The resource mappers 1050 may map modulation symbols of each antenna port to time-frequency resources. The time-frequency resources may include a plurality of symbols (e.g., a CP-OFDMA symbols and DFT-s-OFDMA symbols) in the time domain and a plurality of subcarriers in the frequency domain. The signal generators 1060 may generate radio signals from the mapped modulation symbols and the generated radio signals may be transmitted to other devices through each antenna. For this purpose, the signal generators 1060 may include Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) modules, Cyclic Prefix (CP) inserters, Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs), and frequency up-converters.

Signal processing procedures for a signal received in the wireless device may be configured in a reverse manner of the signal processing procedures 1010 to 1060 of FIG. 19 . For example, the wireless devices (e.g., 100 and 200 of FIG. 18 ) may receive radio signals from the exterior through the antenna ports/transceivers. The received radio signals may be converted into baseband signals through signal restorers. To this end, the signal restorers may include frequency downlink converters, Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs), CP remover, and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) modules. Next, the baseband signals may be restored to codewords through a resource demapping procedure, a postcoding procedure, a demodulation processor, and a descrambling procedure. The codewords may be restored to original information blocks through decoding. Therefore, a signal processing circuit (not illustrated) for a reception signal may include signal restorers, resource demappers, a postcoder, demodulators, descramblers, and decoders.

FIG. 20 shows another example of a wireless device, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The wireless device may be implemented in various forms according to a use-case/service (refer to FIG. 17 ). The embodiment of FIG. 20 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 20 , wireless devices 100 and 200 may correspond to the wireless devices 100 and 200 of FIG. 18 and may be configured by various elements, components, units/portions, and/or modules. For example, each of the wireless devices 100 and 200 may include a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a memory unit 130, and additional components 140. The communication unit may include a communication circuit 112 and transceiver(s) 114. For example, the communication circuit 112 may include the one or more processors 102 and 202 and/or the one or more memories 104 and 204 of FIG. 18 . For example, the transceiver(s) 114 may include the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 and/or the one or more antennas 108 and 208 of FIG. 18 . The control unit 120 is electrically connected to the communication unit 110, the memory 130, and the additional components 140 and controls overall operation of the wireless devices. For example, the control unit 120 may control an electric/mechanical operation of the wireless device based on programs/code/commands/information stored in the memory unit 130. The control unit 120 may transmit the information stored in the memory unit 130 to the exterior (e.g., other communication devices) via the communication unit 110 through a wireless/wired interface or store, in the memory unit 130, information received through the wireless/wired interface from the exterior (e.g., other communication devices) via the communication unit 110.

The additional components 140 may be variously configured according to types of wireless devices. For example, the additional components 140 may include at least one of a power unit/battery, input/output (I/O) unit, a driving unit, and a computing unit. The wireless device may be implemented in the form of, without being limited to, the robot (100 a of FIG. 17 ), the vehicles (100 b-1 and 100 b-2 of FIG. 17 ), the XR device (100 c of FIG. 17 ), the hand-held device (100 d of FIG. 17 ), the home appliance (100 e of FIG. 17 ), the IoT device (100 f of FIG. 17 ), a digital broadcast terminal, a hologram device, a public safety device, an MTC device, a medicine device, a fintech device (or a finance device), a security device, a climate/environment device, the AI server/device (400 of FIG. 17 ), the BSs (200 of FIG. 17 ), a network node, etc. The wireless device may be used in a mobile or fixed place according to a use-example/service.

In FIG. 20 , the entirety of the various elements, components, units/portions, and/or modules in the wireless devices 100 and 200 may be connected to each other through a wired interface or at least a part thereof may be wirelessly connected through the communication unit 110. For example, in each of the wireless devices 100 and 200, the control unit 120 and the communication unit 110 may be connected by wire and the control unit 120 and first units (e.g., 130 and 140) may be wirelessly connected through the communication unit 110. Each element, component, unit/portion, and/or module within the wireless devices 100 and 200 may further include one or more elements. For example, the control unit 120 may be configured by a set of one or more processors. As an example, the control unit 120 may be configured by a set of a communication control processor, an application processor, an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), a graphical processing unit, and a memory control processor. As another example, the memory 130 may be configured by a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Dynamic RAM (DRAM), a Read Only Memory (ROM)), a flash memory, a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, and/or a combination thereof.

Hereinafter, an example of implementing FIG. 20 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 21 shows a hand-held device, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The hand-held device may include a smartphone, a smartpad, a wearable device (e.g., a smartwatch or a smartglasses), or a portable computer (e.g., a notebook). The hand-held device may be referred to as a mobile station (MS), a user terminal (UT), a Mobile Subscriber Station (MSS), a Subscriber Station (SS), an Advanced Mobile Station (AMS), or a Wireless Terminal (WT). The embodiment of FIG. 21 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 21 , a hand-held device 100 may include an antenna unit 108, a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a memory unit 130, a power supply unit 140 a, an interface unit 140 b, and an I/O unit 140 c. The antenna unit 108 may be configured as a part of the communication unit 110. Blocks 110 to 130/140 a to 140 c correspond to the blocks 110 to 130/140 of FIG. 20 , respectively.

The communication unit 110 may transmit and receive signals (e.g., data and control signals) to and from other wireless devices or BSs. The control unit 120 may perform various operations by controlling constituent elements of the hand-held device 100. The control unit 120 may include an Application Processor (AP). The memory unit 130 may store data/parameters/programs/code/commands needed to drive the hand-held device 100. The memory unit 130 may store input/output data/information. The power supply unit 140 a may supply power to the hand-held device 100 and include a wired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, etc. The interface unit 140 b may support connection of the hand-held device 100 to other external devices. The interface unit 140 b may include various ports (e.g., an audio I/O port and a video I/O port) for connection with external devices. The I/O unit 140 c may input or output video information/signals, audio information/signals, data, and/or information input by a user. The I/O unit 140 c may include a camera, a microphone, a user input unit, a display unit 140 d, a speaker, and/or a haptic module.

As an example, in the case of data communication, the I/O unit 140 c may acquire information/signals (e.g., touch, text, voice, images, or video) input by a user and the acquired information/signals may be stored in the memory unit 130. The communication unit 110 may convert the information/signals stored in the memory into radio signals and transmit the converted radio signals to other wireless devices directly or to a BS. The communication unit 110 may receive radio signals from other wireless devices or the BS and then restore the received radio signals into original information/signals. The restored information/signals may be stored in the memory unit 130 and may be output as various types (e.g., text, voice, images, video, or haptic) through the I/O unit 140 c.

FIG. 22 shows a vehicle or an autonomous vehicle, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The vehicle or autonomous vehicle may be implemented by a mobile robot, a car, a train, a manned/unmanned Aerial Vehicle (AV), a ship, etc. The embodiment of FIG. 22 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 22 , a vehicle or autonomous vehicle 100 may include an antenna unit 108, a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a driving unit 140 a, a power supply unit 140 b, a sensor unit 140 c, and an autonomous driving unit 140 d. The antenna unit 108 may be configured as a part of the communication unit 110. The blocks 110/130/140 a to 140 d correspond to the blocks 110/130/140 of FIG. 20 , respectively.

The communication unit 110 may transmit and receive signals (e.g., data and control signals) to and from external devices such as other vehicles, BSs (e.g., gNBs and road side units), and servers. The control unit 120 may perform various operations by controlling elements of the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100. The control unit 120 may include an Electronic Control Unit (ECU). The driving unit 140 a may cause the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 to drive on a road. The driving unit 140 a may include an engine, a motor, a powertrain, a wheel, a brake, a steering device, etc. The power supply unit 140 b may supply power to the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 and include a wired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, etc. The sensor unit 140 c may acquire a vehicle state, ambient environment information, user information, etc. The sensor unit 140 c may include an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensor, a collision sensor, a wheel sensor, a speed sensor, a slope sensor, a weight sensor, a heading sensor, a position module, a vehicle forward/backward sensor, a battery sensor, a fuel sensor, a tire sensor, a steering sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an illumination sensor, a pedal position sensor, etc. The autonomous driving unit 140 d may implement technology for maintaining a lane on which a vehicle is driving, technology for automatically adjusting speed, such as adaptive cruise control, technology for autonomously driving along a determined path, technology for driving by automatically setting a path if a destination is set, and the like.

For example, the communication unit 110 may receive map data, traffic information data, etc. from an external server. The autonomous driving unit 140 d may generate an autonomous driving path and a driving plan from the obtained data. The control unit 120 may control the driving unit 140 a such that the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 may move along the autonomous driving path according to the driving plan (e.g., speed/direction control). In the middle of autonomous driving, the communication unit 110 may aperiodically/periodically acquire recent traffic information data from the external server and acquire surrounding traffic information data from neighboring vehicles. In the middle of autonomous driving, the sensor unit 140 c may obtain a vehicle state and/or surrounding environment information. The autonomous driving unit 140 d may update the autonomous driving path and the driving plan based on the newly obtained data/information. The communication unit 110 may transfer information about a vehicle position, the autonomous driving path, and/or the driving plan to the external server. The external server may predict traffic information data using AI technology, etc., based on the information collected from vehicles or autonomous vehicles and provide the predicted traffic information data to the vehicles or the autonomous vehicles.

Claims in the present description can be combined in a various way. For instance, technical features in method claims of the present description can be combined to be implemented or performed in an apparatus, and technical features in apparatus claims can be combined to be implemented or performed in a method. Further, technical features in method claim(s) and apparatus claim(s) can be combined to be implemented or performed in an apparatus. Further, technical features in method claim(s) and apparatus claim(s) can be combined to be implemented or performed in a method. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for performing wireless communication by a first device, the method comprising: obtaining information related to a resource pool; measuring sidelink (SL) received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for subchannels in the resource pool over a channel busy ratio (CBR) measurement window; obtaining SL CBR based on the measurement, wherein the SL CBR is a portion of subchannels whose SL RSSI measured by the first device exceeds a threshold among the subchannels in the resource pool; determining a parameter related to SL positioning based on the SL CBR; and transmitting a SL positioning reference signal (PRS) based on the parameter related to the SL positioning.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the parameter related to the SL positioning based on the SL CBR comprises: determining, based on the SL CBR, a number of SL PRS resources or a number of SL PRS resource sets within a measurement gap (MG).
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the parameter related to the SL positioning based on the SL CBR comprises: determining, based on the SL CBR, a time gap between SL PRS resources, a repetition factor of SL PRS resources or a number of SL PRS resources in a SL PRS resource set.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the parameter related to the SL positioning based on the SL CBR comprises: determining, based on the SL CBR, a number of symbols for the SL PRS or a comb size of SL PRS resources.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the parameter related to the SL positioning based on the SL CBR comprises: determining, based on the SL CBR, a number of server UEs (S-UEs) capable of participating in the SL positioning.
 6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the parameter related to the SL positioning based on the SL CBR comprises: determining a type of the SL positioning based on the SL CBR, and wherein the type of the SL positioning is absolute positioning or relative positioning.
 7. The method of claim 6, wherein, based on that the SL CBR is greater than a threshold, the type of the SL positioning is determined as the relative positioning, and wherein, based on that the SL CBR is less than the threshold, the type of the SL positioning is determined as the absolute positioning.
 8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the parameter related to the SL positioning based on the SL CBR comprises: determining a method of the SL positioning based on the SL CBR.
 9. The method of claim 8, wherein, based on that the SL CBR is less than a threshold, the method of the SL positioning is determined as a positioning method based on SL round trip time (RTT) or sidelink synchronization signal identifier (SLSSID), and wherein, based on that the SL CBR is greater than the threshold, the method of the SL positioning is determined as a positioning method based on SL time difference of arrival (TDOA).
 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting sidelink control information (SCI) for the SL positioning.
 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the SCI includes at least one of a SL PRS resource set ID, a SL PRS resource set repetition index, a SL PRS resource ID, a SL PRS resource repetition index, a SL slot aggregation index, a resource element (RE) offset used for SL PRS resources or SL PRS resource reservation information.
 12. The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting, to a second device belonging to a SL positioning group, an inter-UE coordination message including information related to a resource to be used for SL PRS transmission by the second device.
 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first device is a device operating in a resource allocation mode in which a resource is allocated from a base station, and wherein the first device receives the information related to the resource to be used for the SL PRS transmission from the base station.
 14. A first device adapted to perform wireless communication, the first device comprising: one or more memories storing instructions; one or more transceivers; and one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to: obtain information related to a resource pool; measure sidelink (SL) received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for subchannels in the resource pool over a channel busy ratio (CBR) measurement window; obtain SL CBR based on the measurement, wherein the SL CBR is a portion of subchannels whose SL RSSI measured by the first device exceeds a threshold among the subchannels in the resource pool; determine a parameter related to SL positioning based on the SL CBR; and control the one or more transceivers to transmit a SL positioning reference signal (PRS) based on the parameter related to the SL positioning.
 15. The first device of claim 14, wherein determining the parameter related to the SL positioning based on the SL CBR comprises: determining, based on the SL CBR, a number of SL PRS resources or a number of SL PRS resource sets within a measurement gap (MG).
 16. The first device of claim 14, wherein determining the parameter related to the SL positioning based on the SL CBR comprises: determining, based on the SL CBR, a time gap between SL PRS resources, a repetition factor of SL PRS resources or a number of SL PRS resources in a SL PRS resource set.
 17. The first device of claim 14, wherein determining the parameter related to the SL positioning based on the SL CBR comprises: determining, based on the SL CBR, a number of symbols for the SL PRS or a comb size of SL PRS resources.
 18. The first device of claim 14, wherein determining the parameter related to the SL positioning based on the SL CBR comprises: determining, based on the SL CBR, a number of server UEs (S-UEs) capable of participating in the SL positioning.
 19. The first device of claim 14, wherein determining the parameter related to the SL positioning based on the SL CBR comprises: determining a type of the SL positioning based on the SL CBR, and wherein the type of the SL positioning is absolute positioning or relative positioning.
 20. A processing device adapted to control a first device, the processing device comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memories operably connected to the one or more processors and storing instructions, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to: obtain information related to a resource pool; measure sidelink (SL) received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for subchannels in the resource pool over a channel busy ratio (CBR) measurement window; obtain SL CBR based on the measurement, wherein the SL CBR is a portion of subchannels whose SL RSSI measured by the first device exceeds a threshold among the subchannels in the resource pool; determine a parameter related to SL positioning based on the SL CBR; and transmit a SL positioning reference signal (PRS) based on the parameter related to the SL positioning. 